Exposure, threat appraisal, and lost confidence as predictors of PTSD symptoms following September 11, 2001

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 476-785

  Piotrkowski, Chaya S ^a,b   Brannen, Stephen J ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Graduate School of Social Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIENCE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; TERRORISM; THREAT; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

EID: 0037962385     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.72.4.476     Document Type: Article

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