PTSD as a mediator of sexual revictimization: The role of reexperiencing, avoidance, and arousal symptoms

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 687-698

  Risser, Heather J ^a   Hetzel Riggin, Melanie D ^b   Thomsen, Cynthia J ^a   McCanne, Thomas R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SEXUAL CRIME; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; HEALTH SURVEY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MENTAL RECALL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 33947263121     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20156     Document Type: Article

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