Adolescent posttraumatic stress disorder: An examination of factor structure reliability in two national samples

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 411-421

  Ayer, Lynsay A ^a   Cisler, Josh M ^b   Danielson, Carla Kmett ^c   Amstadter, Ananda B ^d   Saunders, Benjamin E ^c   Kilpatrick, Dean G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Assessment; Diagnosis; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROCESS MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952311304     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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