The psychological Well-Being-Post-Traumatic Changes Questionnaire (PWB-PTCQ): Reliability and validity

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 420-428

  Joseph, Stephen ^a   Maltby, John ^b   Wood, Alex M ^c   Stockton, Hannah ^a   Hunt, Nigel ^a,d   Regel, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth following adversity; posttraumatic growth; psychological well being; psychometric assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872877171     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024740     Document Type: Article

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