Avoidance of potentially traumatic stimuli mediates the relationship between accumulated lifetime trauma and late-life depression and anxiety

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 296-299

  Dulin, Patrick L ^a   Passmore, Teesha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954545268     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20512     Document Type: Article

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