Brief measure of posttraumatic stress reactions: Impact of Event Scale-6

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 405-412

  Thoresen, Siri ^a   Tambs, Kristian ^b,c   Hussain, Ajmal ^a   Heir, Trond ^a   Johansen, Venke A ^d   Bisson, Jonathan I ^e  

^a Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Traumatic Stress and Suicide Prevention (RVTS)   (Norway)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Instrumentation; Posttraumatic; Questionnaires; Stress disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHECKLIST; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77949347673     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0073-x     Document Type: Article

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