Posttraumatic Growth in Middle Eastern Context: And Determinants Among Palestinians

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 31-48

  Punamäki, Raija Leena ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cultural heritages; Islam; Middle east; Posttraumatic growth; Traumatic events

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886156383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118270028.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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