Confirmatory factor analysis of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory with a sample of soldiers previously deployed in support of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 813-819

  Lee, Jocelyn A ^a   Luxton, David D ^a   Reger, Greg M ^a   Gahm, Gregory A ^a  

^a National Center for Telehealth and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat exposure; Confirmatory factor analysis; Military; Post traumatic growth inventory; Posttraumatic Growth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 77954548849     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20692     Document Type: Article

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