Combat Exposure, Unit Cohesion, and Demographic Characteristics of Soldiers Reporting Posttraumatic Growth

Journal of Loss and Trauma

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 383-395

  Mitchell, Mary M ^a   Gallaway, M Shayne ^a   Millikan, Amy M ^a   Bell, Michael R ^b  

^a US Army Institute of Public Health   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

posttraumatic growth; social support; soldiers; unit cohesion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875959893     PISSN: 15325024     EISSN: 15325032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15325024.2013.768847     Document Type: Article

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