Structural equation modeling of associations among combat exposure, PTSD symptom factors, and Global Assessment of Functioning

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 359-370

  Miller, Mark W ^a   Wolf, Erika J ^b   Martin, Elaine ^b   Kaloupek, Danny G ^b   Keane, Terence M ^b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Avoidance; Combat exposure; Functional impairment; Global assessment of functioning; Hyperarousal; Numbing; PTSD; Reexperiencing; Rehabilitation; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE; COMBAT EXPOSURE; FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HYPERAROUSAL; NUMBING; PTSD; REEXPERIENCING; REHABILITATION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; VETERAN; WAR; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBAT DISORDERS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 63249116873     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2007.06.0085     Document Type: Article

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