Multimethod study of distress tolerance and PTSD symptom severity in a trauma-exposed community sample

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 623-630

  Marshall Berenz, Erin C ^a   Vujanovic, Anka A ^b   Bonn Miller, Marcel O ^c   Bernstein, Amit ^d   Zvolensky, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EVALUATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VERMONT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958556820     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20568     Document Type: Article

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