PTSD symptoms and dominant emotional response to a traumatic event: An examination of DSM-IV Criterion A2

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-126

  Hathaway, Lisa M ^a   Boals, Adriel ^a   Banks, Jonathan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic and statistical manual; Emotion; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249165293     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800902818771     Document Type: Article

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