Use of the hand test in the assessment of combat-related stress

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 315-323

  Walter, Charles ^a,b   Hilsenroth, Mark ^b   Arsenault, Linda ^a   Sloan, Patrick ^a   Harvill, Leo ^b  

^a James H Quillen VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031824561     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa7002_9     Document Type: Article

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