Psychometric evaluation and validation of the German version of the acute stress disorder scale across two distinct trauma populations

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 476-480

  Helfricht, Susanne ^a   Landolt, Markus A ^a   Moergeli, Hanspeter ^b   Hepp, Urs ^c   Wegener, Dominique ^b   Schnyder, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Psychiatric Services Aargau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE;

EID: 74549140871     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20445     Document Type: Article

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