Attachment Anxiety as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Interpersonal Trauma and Posttraumatic Symptomatology Among College Women

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-49

  Sandberg, David A ^a   Suess, Eric A ^a   Heaton, Jessica L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Mediator; Posttraumatic stress; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70749111154     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508329126     Document Type: Article

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