Resilience and social support promote posttraumatic growth of women with infertility: The mediating role of positive coping

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 401-405

  Yu, Yongju ^a   Peng, Li ^a   Chen, Long ^a   Long, Ling ^a   He, Wei ^a   Li, Min ^a   Wang, Tao ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Infertility; Positive coping; Posttraumatic growth; Resilience; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893808573     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.10.032     Document Type: Article

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