The structure of post-traumatic stress symptoms in young survivors of war

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 186, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 306-309

  Morina, Nexhmedin ^a   Böhme, Hendryk F ^b   Morina, Lendite ^c   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; DSM; PTSD; Symptom structure; War related trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERAROUSAL; INTRUSION; MALE; NUMBING FACTORS; POSTTRAUMATIC STESS DIAGNOSTIC SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC PHENOMENA; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SURVIVOR; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952363472     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.07.031     Document Type: Article

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