Prewar factors in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: Structural equation modeling with a national sample of female and male Vietnam veterans

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 520-531

  King, Daniel W ^a,c   King, Lynda A ^b   Foy, David W ^a   Gudanpwski, David M ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; VIET NAM; WAR;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMBAT DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VETERANS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0029999470     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.64.3.520     Document Type: Article

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