Factor structure and concurrent validity of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory-Short Form among veterans from the Iraq War

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 200-207

  Kaler, Matthew E ^a   Erbes, Christopher R ^b,c   Tedeschi, Richard G ^d   Arbisi, Paul A ^b   Polusny, Melissa A ^a,c  

^a Minneapolis VA Healthcare System   (United States)

^b Mental Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953788655     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20623     Document Type: Article

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