Positive tertiary appraisals and posttraumatic stress disorder in U.S. male veterans of the war in Vietnam: The roles of positive affirmation, positive reformulation, and defensive denial

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 417-433

  Dohrenwend, Bruce P ^a,b   Neria, Yuval ^a   Turner, J Blake ^b   Turse, Nicholas ^b   Marshall, Randall ^a   Lewis Fernandez, Roberto ^a   Koenen, Karestan C ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DENIAL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; VIETNAM; WAR;

EID: 2542420934     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.72.3.417     Document Type: Article

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