Well-Being After the Virginia Tech Mass Murder: The Relative Effectiveness of Face-to-Face and Virtual Interactions in Providing Support to Survivors

Traumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3-12

  Hawdon, James ^a   Ryan, John ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

and other diagnoses; anxiety disorders; consequences of trauma; depression; human caused; PTSD TBI; quantitative methods; sources of trauma; substance abuse; survey; types of research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869794065     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765612441096     Document Type: Article

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