Posttraumatic growth, posttraumatic stress and psychological adjustment in the aftermath of the 2011 Oslo bombing attack

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Blix, Ines ^a   Hansen, Marianne Bang ^a   Birkeland, Marianne Skogbrott ^a   Nissen, Alexander ^a   Heir, Trond ^a  

^a Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Life satisfaction; Posttraumatic growth; Posttraumatic stress; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; EXPLOSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GROWTH; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 84884804022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-160     Document Type: Article

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