Fruits of trauma?: Posttraumatic growth among suicide-bereaved parents

Crisis

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 241-248

  Moore, Melinda M ^a   Cerel, Julie ^b   Jobes, David A ^c  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Positive psychology; Posttraumatic growth; Suicide; Suicide bereavement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BEREAVEMENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 84945905334     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: 21512396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000318     Document Type: Article

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