Protective factors for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in a prospective study of police officers

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-50

  Yuan, Chengmei ^a,b,c   Wang, Zhen ^a,b,c   Inslicht, Sabra S ^b,c   McCaslin, Shannon E ^b,c   Metzler, Thomas J ^b   Henn Haase, Clare ^d   Apfel, Brigitte A ^b,c   Tong, Huiqi ^b   Neylan, Thomas C ^b,c   Fang, Yiru ^a   Marmar, Charles R ^d  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical incident; Personality; PTSD; Social adjustment; Social support; World assumption

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956033505     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 01651781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.10.034     Document Type: Article

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