Do personality traits predict post-traumatic stress?: A prospective study in civilians experiencing air attacks

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 659-663

  Kneževic, Goran ^a,b   Opačić, Goran ^a,b   Savić, Danka ^a   Priebe, Stefan ^c  

^a International Aid Network   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; VIOLENCE; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 19144368975     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291704004131     Document Type: Article

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