PTSD factor structure differences between veterans with and without a PTSD diagnosis

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 480-485

  Biehn, Tracey L ^a   Elhai, Jon D ^a,b   Fine, Thomas H ^b   Seligman, Laura D ^a   Richardson, J Don ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Military veterans; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANADIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHORIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL NUMBING; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84858169980     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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