Posttraumatic Growth in U.S. Latinos

Posttraumatic Growth and Culturally Competent Practice: Lessons Learned from Around the Globe

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 113-127

  Berger, Roni ^b   Weiss, Tzip ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural roots; Immigrant population; Oppressive colonialism; Posttraumatic growth; U.S. latinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885295851     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118270028.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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