Post-traumatic stress disorder, guilt, depression, and meaning in life among military veterans

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 654-657

  Owens, Gina P ^a   Steger, Michael F ^b   Whitesell, Allison A ^a   Herrera, Catherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 75749097370     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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