The role of ethnic identity in the relationship of race-related stress to PTSD symptoms among young adults

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 91-105

  Khaylis, Anna ^a   Waelde, Lynn ^a   Bruce, Elizabeth ^a  

^a PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

And coping; Racism; Stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 38749142608     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J229v08n04_06     Document Type: Article

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