Seeing the silver lining: Potential benefits of trauma exposure in college students

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-136

  Grasso, Damion J ^a   Cohen, Lawrence H ^a   Moser, Jason S ^b   Hajcak, Greg ^c   Foa, Edna B ^d   Simons, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; PTSD; resilience; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860773068     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2011.561922     Document Type: Article

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