The structure of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in three female trauma samples: A comparison of interview and self-report measures

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1137-1145

  Scher, Christine D ^a   McCreary, Donald R ^b   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^c   Resick, Patricia A ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor structure; Measurement; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychological assessment; Test validity; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RAPE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 49849098675     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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