Psychometric properties of the Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory (PTCI) in a German sample of individuals with a history of trauma

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-125

  Müller, Julia ^a   Wessa, Michèle ^b   Rabe, Sirko ^c   Dörfel, Denise ^d   Knaevelsrud, Christine ^e,f   Flor, Herta ^b   Maercker, Andreas ^g   Karl, Anke ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Saxonian Hospital   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Behandlungszentrum fur Folteropfer Berlin eV   (Germany)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; cognition; inventory; posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957860001     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018603     Document Type: Article

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