A multiple-indicator multiple-cause model for posttraumatic stress reactions: Personality, coping, and maladjustment

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 251-259

  Chung, Man Cheung ^a   Dennis, Ian ^a   Easthope, Yvette ^b   Werrett, Julie ^c   Farmer, Steven ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; Death anxiety; Personality; Posttraumatic stress; Technological disaster

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH ANXIETY SCALE; DISASTER; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MODEL; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAILWAY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WAYS OF COPING CHECKLIST;

EID: 15744389399     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000155675.56550.5f     Document Type: Article

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