A meta-analytic investigation of the structure of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 764-776

  Yufik, Tom ^a   Simms, Leonard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Correlation matrices; Meta analysis; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHORIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 78649697548     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020981     Document Type: Article

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