A prospective test of anxiety sensitivity as a moderator of the relation between gender and posttraumatic symptom maintenance among high anxiety sensitive young adults

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 190-199

  Feldner, Matthew T ^a   Zvolensky, Michael J ^b   Schmidt, Norman B ^c   Smith, Rose C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Gender; Posttraumatic stress; PTSD; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; COMORBIDITY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 41849125294     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20281     Document Type: Article

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