Anxiety Sensitivity and PTSD Symptom Severity Are Reciprocally Related: Evidence From a Longitudinal Study of Physical Trauma Survivors

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-150

  Marshall, Grant N ^a   Miles, Jeremy N V ^a   Stewart, Sherry H ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety sensitivity; cross lagged panel analysis; physical injury; posttraumatic stress disorder; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; SURVIVOR;

EID: 77249085712     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018009     Document Type: Article

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