Posttraumatic stress disorder instrument wording content is associated with differences in factor structure

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-212

  Elhai, Jon D ^a   Biehn, Tracey L ^a   Naifeh, James A ^b   Christopher Frueh, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Department of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHECKLIST; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OHIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953800123     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20628     Document Type: Article

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