Work Satisfaction and Posttraumatic Growth 1 Year After the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake: The Perceived Stress as a Moderating Factor

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 206-211

  Xu, Jiuping ^a   Wu, Wei ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901249481     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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