Hurricane Katrina's Impact on the Mississippi Gulf Coast: General Self-Efficacy's Relationship to PTSD Prevalence and Severity

Psychological Services

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-303

  Hirschel, Michael J ^a   Schulenberg, Stefan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical disaster psychology; GSE; Hurricane Katrina; posttraumatic stress disorder; self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149101888     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017467     Document Type: Article

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