Fear of anxiety as a partial mediator of the relation between trauma severity and PTSD symptoms

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 519-522

  Reuther, Erin T ^a   Davis III, Thompson E ^a   Matthews, Russell A ^a   Munson, Melissa S ^a   Grills Taquechel, Amie E ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; DISASTER; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CATASTROPHIZATION; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78249277145     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20549     Document Type: Article

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