Testing alternative factor models of PTSD and the robustness of the dysphoria factor

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-154

  Elklit, Ask ^a   Armour, Cherie ^b   Shevlin, Mark ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Dysphoria; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSPHORIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 71249091192     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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