What if victims read a newspaper report about their victimization? A study on the relationship to PTSD symptoms in crime victims

European Psychologist

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-142

  Maercker, Andreas ^a   Mehr, Astrid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Zurich ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crime victims; Media report; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Retraumatization; Social acknowledgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745470583     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.11.2.137     Document Type: Article

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