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International Perspectives on Stress & Coping
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Investigation of Psychometric Properties of the Georgian Version of Posttraumatic Growth Inventory

Lili KhechuashviliPsychology Department, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, GeorgiaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 522-532 | Received 02 Oct 2015, Accepted 30 Nov 2015, Published online: 02 Apr 2016

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