Reconciling the differences between the King et al. (1998) and Simms et al. (2002) factor models of PTSD

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 995-1001

  Shevlin, Mark ^a   McBride, Orla ^a   Armour, Cherie ^a   Adamson, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; DSM IV; NESARC; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSPHORIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; AROUSAL; COMBAT DISORDERS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68749098075     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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