Development of the Arabic versions of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised and the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory to assess trauma and growth in Middle Eastern refugees in Australia

Clinical Psychologist

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 131-139

  Davey, Carine ^a   Heard, Robert ^b   Lennings, Chris ^c  

^a New Horizons Enterprises Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Middle Eastern refugees; posttraumatic growth (PTG); posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944356889     PISSN: 13284207     EISSN: 17429552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cp.12043     Document Type: Article

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