Disclosure and perceived social acknowledgement as victim as PTSD predictors in crime victims;Disclosure und wahrgenommene gesellschaftliche wertschätzung als opfer als prädiktoren von PTB bei kriminalitätsopfern

Zeitschrift fur Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-58

  Müller, Julia ^a   Maercker, Andreas ^b  

^a UniversitatsSpital Zurich Psychiatrische Poliklinik   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acknowledgement as a victim; Crime victims; Disclosure; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VICTIM;

EID: 33745463853     PISSN: 16163443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/1616-3443.35.1.49     Document Type: Article

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