Self-forgiveness, posttraumatic stress, and suicide attempts among military personnel and veterans

Traumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-46

  Bryan, Annabelle O ^a   Theriault, Jacqueline L ^a   Bryan, Craig J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Forgiveness; Military; Moral injury; Suicide; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975266752     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/trm0000017     Document Type: Article

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