Posttraumatic Growth Experiences among Tibetan Refugees: A Qualitative Investigation

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 204-216

  Hussain, Dilwar ^a   Bhushan, Braj ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

interpretive phenomenological analysis; posttraumatic growth; Tibetan refugees

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873331495     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14780887.2011.616623     Document Type: Article

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