Evidence for a unique PTSD construct represented by PTSD's D1-D3 symptoms

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 340-345

  Elhai, Jon D ^a   Biehn, Tracey L ^a   Armour, Cherie ^b,c   Klopper, Jessica J ^d   Frueh, B Christopher ^e,f   Palmieri, Patrick A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^f MENNINGER CLINIC   (United States)

^g SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Domestic violence; Emotional trauma; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DYSPHORIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79952310365     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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