Perceiving benefits after adversity: The relationship between self-reported posttraumatic growth and creativity

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-264

  Forgeard, Marie J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adversity; Creativity; Posttraumatic growth; Rumination; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882701150     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031223     Document Type: Article

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