The Paradox of Struggling with Trauma: Guidelines for Practice and Directions for Research

Trauma, Recovery, and Growth: Positive Psychological Perspectives on Posttraumatic Stress

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 325-337

  Calhoun, Lawrence G ^a   Tedeschi, Richard G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Behavioral sciences; Central human motivation; Physically handicapped; Posttraumatic growth; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959764671     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118269718.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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