Factor structure of PTSD in a community sample of sexual assault survivors

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 507-524

  Ullman, Sarah E ^a   Long, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; PTSD; Sexual assault; Women

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA; DYSPHORIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NIGHTMARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL CRIME; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURVIVOR; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; RAPE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 65849270019     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299730802223370     Document Type: Article

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