Posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth and their relationship to coping and self-efficacy in Northwest Australian cyclone communities

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 392-399

  Pooley, Julie Ann ^a   Cohen, Lynne ^a   O'Connor, Moira ^a   Taylor, Myra ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cyclones; posttraumatic growth; posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880878178     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028046     Document Type: Article

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