Posttmumatic stress disorder, ego defense mechanisms, and empathy among urban paramedics

Psychological Reports

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 483-495

  Grevin, Francine ^a,b  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DENIAL; EGO; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); EGO; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REPRESSION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030266645     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.79.2.483     Document Type: Article

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