Construction of a questionnaire for readiness to reconcile in victims of human rights violations

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Stammel, Nadine ^a   Neuner, Frank ^b   Böttche, Maria ^a   Knaevelsrud, Christine ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conflict; Forgiveness; Questionnaire; Survivors; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926296499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.15785     Document Type: Article

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