Horowitz's impact of event scale evaluation of 20 years of use

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 870-876

  Sundin, Eva C ^a   Horowitz, Mardi J ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Impact of Event Scale; Meta analysis; Psychological stress reactions; Traumatic life event

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HOROWITZ IMPACT OF EVENT SCALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; META ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0141523118     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PSY.0000084835.46074.F0     Document Type: Article

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