Acute and chronic distress and posttraumatic stress disorder as a function of responsibility for serious motor vehicle accidents

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 560-567

  Delahanty, Douglas L ^a   Herberman, Holly B ^a   Craig, Karrie J ^a   Hayward, Michele C ^a   Fullerton, Carol S ^b,c   Ursano, Robert J ^b,c   Baum, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030808869     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.65.4.560     Document Type: Article

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