Changes in religious beliefs and the relation of religiosity to posttraumatic stress and life satisfaction after a natural disaster

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1027-1032

  Hussain, Ajmal ^a,b   Weisaeth, Lars ^b   Heir, Trond ^a  

^a Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

2004 tsunami; Changes in religious beliefs; Norwegian tourist; Posttraumatic stress; Religiosity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; TSUNAMI;

ADULT; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 80855130052     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0270-7     Document Type: Article

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