Psychosocial predictors of resilience after the september 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 266-273

  Butler, Lisa D ^a   Koopman, Cheryl ^b   Azarow, Jay ^c   Blasey, Christine M ^d   Magdalene, Juliette C ^e   Dimiceli, Sue ^a   Seagraves, David A ^a   Hastings, T Andrew ^a   Chen, Xin Hua ^a   Garlan, Robert W ^a   Kraemer, Helena C ^a   Spiegel, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SoluGenics LLC   (United States)

^c WebFeet Creations   (United States)

^d PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RESILIENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERRORISM; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INTERNET; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549118329     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31819d9334     Document Type: Article

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