Self-Evaluative Appraisals of Coping Capability and Posttraumatic Distress Following Motor Vehicle Accidents

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 677-685

  Benight, Charles C ^a   Cieslak, Roman ^b,c   Molton, Ivan R ^d   Johnson, Lesley E ^e  

^a Department of Psychology and Trauma   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; coping self efficacy; motor vehicle accidents; posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF CONCEPT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48549094009     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.76.4.677     Document Type: Article

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