Traumatic events and posttraumatic stress in cross-cultural mission assignments

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 529-539

  Schaefer, Frauke C ^a   Blazer, Dan G ^a   Carr, Karen F ^b   Connor, Kathryn M ^a   Burchett, Bruce ^a   Schaefer, Charles A ^c   Davidson, Jonathan R T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Mobile Member Care Team   (Ghana)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CLERGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34748853654     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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