Special People? An Exploratory Study into Re-entering Missionaries' Identity and Resilience
Home country re-entry from cross-cultural missionary work abroad may be associated with psychological distress. Re-entrants experience multiple losses including loss of identity which may be associated with personal/relational identity gaps and depersonalization/dehumanization. However, research sug...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2011]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2011, Volume: 50, Issue: 4, Pages: 1007-1023 |
Further subjects: | B
Missionaries
B Acculturation B Reverse culture shock B Depression B Mental Health B Social Identity B Resilience |
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