Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) profiles of male veterans with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-189

  Mozley, Susannah L ^a   Miller, Mark W ^a   Weathers, Frank W ^b   Beckham, Jean C ^c   Feldman, Michelle E ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Personality Assessment Inventory; PTSD; Trauma; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; COMBAT EXPOSURE SCALE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; SOMATIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 17444364115     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-005-0634-6     Document Type: Review

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