The role of emotional inexpressivity and experiential avoidance in the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity and aggressive behavior among men exposed to interpersonal violence

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-351

  Tull, Matthew T ^a   Jakupcak, Matthew ^b   Paulson, Autumn ^a   Gratz, Kim L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Anger; Emotion regulation; Experiential avoidance; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; GENDER IDENTITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; ANGER; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; EMOTIONS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 35148820489     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800701379249     Document Type: Article

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