Peer and inmate aggression, type D-personality and post-traumatic stress among Dutch prison workers

Stress and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 387-395

  Kunst, Maarten J J ^a   Bogaerts, Stefan ^a   Winkel, Frans W ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inmate aggression; Peer aggression; Prison workers; PTSD; Type D personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TYPE D PERSONALITY; WORKER;

EID: 72149126437     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1247     Document Type: Article

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