Exploring the myths of coping with a national trauma: A longitudinal study of responses to the september 11th terrorist attacks

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 129-141

  Silver, Roxane Cohen ^a   Poulin, Michael ^a   Holman, E Alison ^a   McIntosh, Daniel N ^a   Gilrivas, Virginia ^a   Pizarro, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress response; Exposure; Posttraumatic stress response; September 11th; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; TERRORISM;

EID: 18044385046     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J146v09n01_16     Document Type: Article

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