Secondary traumatization in partners and parents of Dutch peacekeeping soldiers

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-226

  Dirkzwager, Anja J E ^a,b,c   Bramsen, Inge ^a,b   Ader, Herman ^a,b   Van Der Ploeg, Henk M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Family members; Marital relationship; Peacekeeping personnel; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Secondary traumatization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; SPOUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 22544479105     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.19.2.217     Document Type: Article

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