The relationship among cognitive schemas, job-related traumatic exposure, and posttraumatic stress disorder in journalists

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-328

  Pyevich, Caroline M ^a   Newman, Elana ^a,b   Daleiden, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cognitive schema; Journalists; Secondary traumatic stress; Vicarious traumatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUBLISHING; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOURNALISM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWSPAPERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0042346350     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024405716529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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