Unpacking the relationship between posttraumatic numbing and hyperarousal in a sample of help-seeking motor vehicle accident survivors: Replication and extension

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-238

  Palyo, Sarah A ^a   Clapp, Josh D ^a   Beck, J Gayle ^a   Grant, DeMond M ^a   Marques, Luana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDER; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AROUSAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43249115912     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20308     Document Type: Article

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