Dealing with man-made trauma: The relationship between coping style, posttraumatic stress, and quality of life in resettled, traumatized refugees in the Netherlands

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-78

  Huijts, Irene ^a   Kleijn, Wim Chr ^b   van Emmerik, Arnold A P ^a   Noordhof, Arjen ^a   Smith, Annemarie J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Arq Research Program   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857315143     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21665     Document Type: Article

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