Assessing a five factor model of PTSD: Is dysphoric arousal a unique PTSD construct showing differential relationships with anxiety and depression?

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 368-376

  Armour, Cherie ^a   Elhai, Jon D ^b   Richardson, Don ^c,d   Ractliffe, Kendra ^e   Wang, Li ^f   Elklit, Ask ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Veterans Affairs Canada   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anxiety, veterans, medical patients; Confirmatory factor analysis; Depression; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODEL; DYSPHORIC AROUSAL MODEL; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84856235547     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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