Post-traumatic stress disorder, social anxiety disorder, and depression in survivors of the Kosovo War: Experiential avoidance as a contributor to distress and quality of life

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-196

  Kashdan, Todd B ^a   Morina, Nexhmedin ^b   Priebe, Stefan ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civilian war trauma; Depression; Experiential avoidance; Post traumatic stress disorder; Quality of life; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 58849163556     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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