The symptom structure of posttraumatic stress disorder in the National Comorbidity Replication Survey

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1523-1528

  Cox, Brian J ^a   Mota, Natalie ^a   Clara, Ian ^a   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; DSM IV; National Comorbidity Replication Survey; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL COMORBIDITY REPLICATION SURVEY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53149150223     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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