Personality traits, coping style, and perceived threat as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder after exposure to a terrorist attack: A prospective study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 904-909

  Gil, Sharon ^a   Caspi, Yael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coping style; Perceived threat; Personality traits; Posttraumatic stress; Terrorist attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TERRORISM; THREAT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

EID: 33751311015     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000242124.21796.f8     Document Type: Article

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