Convergent validity of three posttraumatic symptoms inventories among adult sexual abuse survivors

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 173-180

  Gold, Jeffrey W ^a   Cardena, Etzel ^b  

^a Key Program   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Measurement; Posttraumatic; Sex differences; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0031930230     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024425603790     Document Type: Article

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