Emotion regulation strategies as mediators of the association between level of attachment security and PTSD symptoms following trauma in adulthood

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-118

  Benoit, Maryse ^a   Bouthillier, Donald ^b   Moss, Ellen ^b   Rousseau, Cécile ^c   Brunet, Alain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Developmental psychology; Emotion regulation strategies; PTSD symptoms; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TIME;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 71549117132     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800802638279     Document Type: Article

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