Cultural differences in personal identity in post-traumatic stress disorder

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-109

  Jobson, Laura ^a   O'Kearney, Richard ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 41049112156     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466507X235953     Document Type: Article

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