Posttraumatic growth in treatment-seeking female assault victims

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-155

  Grubaugh, Anouk L ^a,b,e   Resick, Patricia A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Perceived benefits; Posttraumatic growth; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RAPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34047143733     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-006-9034-7     Document Type: Article

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