Resiliency and religious orientation: Factors contributing to posttraumatic growth in Iranian subjects

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 145-150

  Seidmahmoodi, Jawad ^a   Rahimi, Changiz ^a   Mohamadi, Norolah ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Psychological resilience; Religion and psychology; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856701579     PISSN: 17354587     EISSN: 20082215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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