Appraisal of self, social environment, and state authority as a possible mediator of posttraumatic stress disorder in tortured political activists

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 232-236

  Başoǧlu, Metin ^a,f   Özmen, Erdoǧan ^b   Şahin, Doǧan ^c   Paker, Murat ^d   Taşdemir, Özgün ^d   Ceyhanli, Ayten ^b   Incesu, Cem ^b   Sarimurat, Nuşin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Bakirkoy Psychiatric Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Sosyal Sigortalar Kurumu Hospital   (Turkey)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; POLICE; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TORTURE;

EID: 0029923392     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.105.2.232     Document Type: Article

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