The conceptualisation and development of a bi-directional measure of changes in being following adversity

Traumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-43

  Hiskey, Syd ^a   Troop, Nicholas A ^b   Joseph, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adversity; Bi directional; Phenomenology; Questionnaire development; Semantic differential

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900872391     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153476560601200103     Document Type: Article

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