Development and initial validation of the Response to Stressful Experiences Scale

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-169

  Johnson, Douglas C ^a,b   Polusny, Melissa A ^c,d   Erbes, Christopher R ^d   King, Daniel ^e,f   King, Lynda ^e,f   Litz, Brett T ^e,f   Schnurr, Paula P ^g,h   Friedman, Matthew ^g,h   Pietrzak, Robert H ^i,j   Southwick, Steven M ^i,j  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^j YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOLDIER; VALIDATION STUDY; VETERAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VETERANS;

EID: 79951537345     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00258     Document Type: Article

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