Assessing traumatic event exposure: General issues and preliminary findings for the stressful life events screening questionnaire

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 521-542

  Goodman, Lisa A ^a   Corcoran, Carole ^b   Turner, Kiban ^c   Yuan, Nicole ^d   Green, Bonnie L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychometrics; Trauma exposure; Trauma history assessment; Traumatic events measure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031903249     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024456713321     Document Type: Article

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