Disgust and the development of posttraumatic stress among soldiers deployed to Afghanistan

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-63

  Engelhard, Iris M ^a   Olatunji, Bunmi O ^b   de Jong, Peter J ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Disgust propensity; Disgust sensitivity; Horror; Longitudinal; PTSD; Soldiers; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; NEUROSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SOLDIER;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 78650240112     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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