The impact of event scale: Validation of an Italian version

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 389-393

  Pietrantonio, Filomena ^a   De Gennaro, Luigi ^a   Di Paolo, Maria Cristina ^a   Solano, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

IES; Mental and physical diseases; Stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT EVENT SCALE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 1542569339     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(02)00638-4     Document Type: Article

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