The Posttraumatic Growth Model: Sociocultural Considerations

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-14

  Calhoun, Lawrence G ^a   Cann, Arnie ^a   Tedeschi, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Group members; Life crises; Physical environment; Posttraumatic growth model; Radical transformations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886119208     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118270028.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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