Coping self-efficacy mediates the effects of negative cognitions on posttraumatic distress

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 788-798

  Cieslak, Roman ^a,b   Benight, Charles C ^a   Caden Lehman, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coping self efficacy; Negative cognitions; Posttraumatic distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF CONCEPT; SURVIVOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVISM; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 44549085764     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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