Gender differences in victims of war torture: Types of torture and psychological consequences;Polne razlike kod žrtava ratne torture s obzirom na vrste mučenja i psihološke posledice

Vojnosanitetski Pregled

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 411-418

  Špirić, Željko ^a   Opačić, Goran ^b   Jović, Vladimir ^b   Samardžić, Radomir ^a   Knežević, Goran ^b   Mandić Gajić, Gordana ^a   Todorović, Milorad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^b Odeljenje za psihologiju ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

Gender identity; Posttraumatic; Psychological tests; Psychopathology; Stress disorders; Torture; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISON; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TORTURE; TORTURE SURVIVOR; VARIANCE; VICTIM; WAR; YUGOSLAVIA; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SERBIA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SERBIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TORTURE; WAR;

EID: 77953491580     PISSN: 00428450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/VSP1005411S     Document Type: Article

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