Factor structure of posttraumatic stress among Western New York undergraduates following the September 11th terrorist attack on the World Trade Center

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 677-684

  Baschnagel, Joseph S ^a   O'Connor, Roisin M ^a   Colder, Craig R ^a   Hawk Jr , Larry W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STUDENT; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; TERRORISM;

EID: 33645325183     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20076     Document Type: Article

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