Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among adult survivors two months after the wenchuan earthquake

Psychological Reports

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 879-885

  Wang, Li ^a   Zhang, Yuqing ^b   Shi, Zhanbiao ^c   Wang, Wenzhong ^c  

^a Key Laboratory of Mental Health   (China)

^b Center for Social and Economic Behaviour   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHINA; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EARTHQUAKE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIEF WORK; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CHINA; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIEF WORK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449100631     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.105.3.879-885     Document Type: Article

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