Posttraumatic growth, posttraumatic stress disorder and resilience of motor vehicle accident survivors
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Posttraumatic growth, posttraumatic stress disorder and resilience of motor vehicle accident survivors
BACKGROUND Although some previous studies have suggested that posttraumatic growth (PTG) is comprised of several factors with different properties, few have examined both the association between PTG and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and between PTG and resilience, focusing on each of the factors of PTG. This study aimed to examine the hypothesis that some factors of PTG, such as personal...
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عنوان ژورنال: BioPsychoSocial Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1751-0759
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-4-7