Posttraumatic growth, depression and posttraumatic stress in relation to quality of life in tsunami survivors: A longitudinal study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Siqveland, Johan ^a,b   Nygaard, Egil ^b,c   Hussain, Ajmal ^a   Tedeschi, Richard G ^d   Heir, Trond ^b,c  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Natural disaster; Posttraumatic growth; Posttraumatic stress; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVOR; TSUNAMI; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISASTER; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THAILAND;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; THAILAND; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 84924120608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-014-0202-4     Document Type: Article

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