Social anxiety and posttraumatic stress symptoms: The impact of distressing social events

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-57

  Carleton, R Nicholas ^a   Peluso, Daniel L ^a   Collimore, Kelsey C ^a   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Posttraumatic stress; SAD; Social anxiety; Vulnerability factors

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650250454     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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