The structure of PTSD among two cohorts of returning soldiers: Before, during, and following deployment to Iraq

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 807-818

  Meis, Laura A ^a,b,c   Erbes, Christopher R ^b,c   Kaler, Matthew E ^b   Arbisi, Paul A ^b,c,d   Polusny, Melissa A ^a,b,c  

^a Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research   (United States)

^b Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Latent factor structure; Longitudinal; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Returning veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMBAT EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSPHORIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; VALIDITY; VETERAN;

EID: 82855160999     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023976     Document Type: Article

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