Examining the association between emotion regulation difficulties and probable posttraumatic stress disorder within a sample of African Americans

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-14

  Weiss, Nicole H ^a   Tull, Matthew T ^b   Davis, Lindsey T ^a   Dehon, Erin E ^a   Fulton, Jessica J ^c   Gratz, Kim L ^b  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Emotion regulation; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84858732171     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2011.621970     Document Type: Article

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