The Impact of Event Scale-Revised: Psychometric properties in a sample of motor vehicle accident survivors

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-198

  Beck, J Gayle ^a   Grant, DeMond M ^a   Read, Jennifer P ^a   Clapp, Joshua D ^a   Coffey, Scott F ^b   Miller, Luana M ^a   Palyo, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

IES R; Post traumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 38149040133     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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