Effect of Positive Psychological Intervention on Posttraumatic Growth among Primary Healthcare Workers in China: A Preliminary Prospective Study

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Xu, Xin ^a   Hu, Mu Li ^a   Song, Yu ^b   Lu, Zhang Xiu ^a   Chen, You Qiao ^a   Wu, Da Xing ^a   Xiao, Tao ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b People's Hospital of Hunan Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COLLEGE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADULT; ANXIETY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; HEALTH EDUCATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PATHOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX FACTOR; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE);

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATING;

EID: 85006797735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep39189     Document Type: Article

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