Personality, posttraumatic stress and trauma type: Factors contributing to posttraumatic growth and its domains in a Turkish community sample

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Karanci, Ayse Nuray ^a   Işikli, Sedat ^b   Aker, Ahmet Tamer ^c   Gül, Ervin Izmit ^a   Erkan, Burçak Başbuǧ ^a   Özkol, Hivren ^a   Güzel, Hayal Yavuz ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Domains of posttraumatic growth; Personality traits; Posttraumatic stress; Traumatic event types

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969439566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.17303     Document Type: Article

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