Posttraumatic Growth Around the Globe: Research Findings and Practice Implications

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 189-195

  Weiss, Tzip ^a   Berger, Roni ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive processing; Cultural milieu; Life crises; Posttraumatic growth; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886231549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118270028.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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