The association between dispositional optimism and mental health problems among disaster victims and a comparison group: A prospective study

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 102, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 35-45

  van der Velden, Peter G ^a   Kleber, Rolf J ^a,b   Fournier, Marijda ^c   Grievink, Linda ^d   Drogendijk, Annelieke ^a   Gersons, Berthold P R ^e  

^a Institute for Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Disaster; Dispositional optimism; Prospective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OPTIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHARACTER; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 34447345717     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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