Supporting close others' growth after trauma: The role of responsiveness in romantic partners' mutual posttraumatic growth

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 334-342

  Canevello, Amy ^a   Michels, Vicki ^b   Hilaire, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Close others; Interpersonal process; Mutual growth; Posttraumatic growth; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DISASTER; FEMALE; FLOODING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FLOODS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85027940400     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000084     Document Type: Article

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