Posttraumatic growth among norwegian children and adolescents exposed to the 2004 tsunami

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 130-138

  Hafstad, Gertrud Sofie ^a   Kilmer, Ryan P ^b   Gil Rivas, Virginia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

children and adolescents; disaster; posttraumatic growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959483011     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023236     Document Type: Article

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