A test of the assumptions of the transtheoretical model in a post-traumatic stress disorder population

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-111

  Rooney, Kathleen ^a,c   Hunt, Caroline ^a   Humphreys, Leanne ^b   Harding, David ^b   Mullen, Miriam ^b   Kearney, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Wesley Hospital Veteran's Mental Health Unit   (Australia)

^c Dr Timothy Sharp and Associates   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 18144425572     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.441     Document Type: Article

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