A concise measure of anger in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-256

  Forbes, David ^a   Hawthorne, Graeme ^a   Elliott, Peter ^b   McHugh, Tony ^c   Biddle, Dirk ^a   Creamer, Mark ^a   Novaco, Raymond W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anger; measure; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOLDIER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANGER; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; VIETNAM;

EID: 3042845502     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOTS.0000029268.22161.bd     Document Type: Article

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