Repressive coping style, acute stress disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder after myocardial infarction

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 748-757

  Ginzburg, Karni ^a   Solomon, Zahava ^a   Bleich, Avi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute stress disorder; Myocardial infarction; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Repressive coping style

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STRESS;

EID: 0036740949     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000021949.04969.2E     Document Type: Article

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