Reappraising the link between peritraumatic dissociation and PTSD symptom severity: Evidence from a longitudinal study of community violence survivors

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 626-636

  Marshall, Grant N ^a   Schell, Terry L ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; RECALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036829613     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.111.4.626     Document Type: Article

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