Resource loss as a predictor of posttrauma symptoms among college women following the mass shooting at Virginia Tech

Violence and Victims

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 669-686

  Littleton, Heather ^a   Grills Taquechel, Amie ^b   Axsom, Danny ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campus violence; Conservation of resources theory; Mass trauma; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES THEORY; CRIME; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS DISASTER; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL STRESS; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

EID: 70350165315     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.24.5.669     Document Type: Article

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