Peritraumatic and trait dissociation differentiate police officers with resilient versus symptomatic trajectories of posttraumatic stress symptoms

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 557-565

  Galatzer Levy, Isaac R ^a   Madan, Anita ^a   Neylan, Thomas C ^b   Henn Haase, Clare ^b   Marmar, Charles R ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

CHECKLIST; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY; POLICE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80053130520     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20684     Document Type: Article

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