Trauma severity and initial reactions as precipitating factors for posttraumatic stress symptoms and chronic dissociation in former political prisoners

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 651-660

  Maercker, A ^a   Beauducel, A ^a   Schutzwohl M ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissociation; Initial reaction; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Structural equation modeling; Trauma severity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0033732242     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007862217298     Document Type: Article

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