'Traumatisers or traumatised': Trauma experiences and personality characteristics of Australian prisoners

International Journal of Prisoner Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 212-222

  Egeressy, Anna ^a   Butler, Tony ^b,c   Hunter, Mick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JUSTICE HEALTH AND FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK   (Australia)

Author keywords

post traumatic stress disorder; prisoner population; temperament and character inventory; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; TEMPERAMENT; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERAMENT; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954891965     PISSN: 17449200     EISSN: 17449219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17449200903343209     Document Type: Article

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