Empathy and interpersonal style: A mediational model of secondary traumatic stress symptomology following 9/11

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-28

  Woodward, Lucinda E ^a   Murrell, Stanley A ^b   Bettler, Robert F ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11; Secondary traumatic stress disorder; September 11; STSD; Vicarious traumatization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLLEGE STUDENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27344456666     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J146v11n04_01     Document Type: Article

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