Measuring Resilience Among Sri Lankan Healthcare Workers: Validation of the Brief Resilience Scale in Sinhalese and Tamil Languages.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10523521 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep
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Measuring Resilience Among Sri Lankan Healthcare Workers: Validation of the Brief Resilience Scale in Sinhalese and Tamil Languages.
Baminiwatta Anuradha A Fernando Roshan R Gadambanathan Thanabalasingam T Jiyatha Fathima F Sasala Rashmi R Kuruppuarachchi Lalith L Wickremasinghe Rajitha R Hapangama Aruni A
Indian journal of psychological medicine 20230616 5
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