An Affective-Cognitive Processing Model of Post-Traumatic Growth

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 316-325

  Joseph, Stephen ^a   Murphy, David ^a   Regel, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organismic valuing; Post traumatic growth; Post Traumatic stress; Psychosocial model

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; AWARENESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84863301186     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.1798     Document Type: Article

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