The trauma outcome process assessment model: A structural equation model examination of adjustment

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 532-552

  Borja, Susan E ^a   Callahan, Jennifer L ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; PTSD; Stress; Structural equation modeling; Trauma; Traumatization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77950775509     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538710903182685     Document Type: Article

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