Coping flexibility and trauma: The perceived ability to Cope with Trauma (PACT) scale

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-129

  Bonanno, George A ^a   Pat Horenczyk, Ruth ^b   Noll, Jennie ^c  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; flexibility; grief; resilience; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959427958     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020921     Document Type: Article

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