Coping self-efficacy and psychological distress in flood victims

Individual Trauma: Recovering from Deep Wounds and Exploring the Potential for Renewal

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 207-220

  Pritchard, Catherine ^a   Gow, Kathryn ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coping; Floods; Psychological distress; Religious beliefs; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895344256     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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