Distress and post-traumatic stress disorders in high risk professionals: Adult attachment style and the dimensions of anxiety and avoidance

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 256-263

  Declercq, Frédéric ^a   Willemsen, Jochem ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMPLOYEE; FEAR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED CROSS;

EID: 33748295632     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.492     Document Type: Article

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