Resilience, post-traumatic stress, and posttraumatic growth: Veterans' and active duty military members' coping trajectories following traumatic event exposure

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 57-60

  Angel, Caroline M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Joining Forces; Military; Post traumatic growth; Post traumatic stress; PTG; PTSD; Resilience; Veteran

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84964662059     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2016.04.001     Document Type: Editorial

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