Anger, hostility, and aggression among Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans reporting PTSD and subthreshold PTSD

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 945-954

  Jakupcak, Matthew ^a,b   Conybeare, Daniel ^a   Phelps, Lori ^a   Hunt, Stephen ^a   Holmes, Hollie A ^a   Felker, Bradford ^a   Klevens, Michele ^a   McFall, Miles E ^a  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGGRESSION; ANGER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WAR; WASHINGTON;

EID: 38049071545     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20258     Document Type: Article

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