Affective personality type, post-traumatic stress disorder symptom severity and post-traumatic growth in victims of violence

Stress and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-51

  Kunst, Maarten Jacob J ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

affective personality type; post traumatic growth; post traumatic stress disorder symptom severity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY; POST TRAUMATIC GROWTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79551541667     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1318     Document Type: Article

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