Low specificity of symptoms on the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom scale: A comparison of individuais with PTSD, individuals with other anxiety disorders and individuals without psychopathology

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 449-456

  Engelhard, Iris M ^a   Arntz, Arnoud ^b   Van den Hout, Marcel A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 36549025245     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466507X206883     Document Type: Article

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