Psychological impact and prevalence of traumatic events in a student sample in israel: The effect of multiple traumatic events and physical injury

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 139-154

  Amir, Marianne ^a   Sol, Oren ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

College students; Physical injury; PTSD; Sex differences; Traumatic events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032936010     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024754618063     Document Type: Article

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