Path analytic examination of a cognitive model of PTSD

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-201

  Lancaster, Steven L ^a   Rodriguez, Benjamin F ^a   Weston, Rebecca ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive model; Path analysis; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTEGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79951672151     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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