Are trauma narratives unique and do they predict psychological adjustment?

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-357

  Beaudreau, Sherry A ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NARRATIVE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROGNOSIS; SEMANTICS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34447576423     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20206     Document Type: Article

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