Trauma and PTSD symptoms: Does spiritual struggle mediate the link?

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 442-452

  Wortmann, Jennifer H ^a   Park, Crystal L ^a   Edmondson, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

posttraumatic cognitions; PTSD; spiritual struggle; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555186779     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021413     Document Type: Article

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