Testing the dimensionality of posttraumatic stress responses in young Chinese adult earthquake survivors: Further evidence for "dysphoric arousal" as a unique PTSD construct

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1097-1104

  Wang, Li ^a   Li, Zhongquan ^b   Shi, Zhanbiao ^a   Zhang, Jianxin ^a   Zhang, Kan ^a   Liu, Zhengkui ^a   Elhai, Jon D ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

China; confirmatory factor analysis; earthquake; external validity; posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSPHORIA; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 25; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHTMARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; CHINA; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955212969     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20823     Document Type: Article

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