Psychometric properties of the early trauma inventory-self report

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-218

  Bremner, J Douglas ^a,b,e   Bolus, Roger ^c,d   Mayer, Emeran A ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Research Design Group   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Depressive disorders; Measurement; Posttraumatic; Psychometrics; Stress disorders; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY TRAUMA INVENTORY SELF REPORT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34247554289     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000243824.84651.6c     Document Type: Article

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