Forward, Together Forward: Coping Strategies of Students Following the 2008 Mass Shootings at Northern Illinois University

Traumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 13-26

  Palus, Shaun Robert ^a   Fang, Shi Ruei Sherry ^a   Prawitz, Aimee D ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

and other positive outcomes; gender; posttraumatic growth; resilience; survey; thriving; violence and aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869740651     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765612437381     Document Type: Article

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