PTSD symptom structure among West African War trauma survivors living in African refugee camps: A factor-analytic investigation

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 226-231

  Vinson, Gregory A ^a   Chang, Zoua ^b  

^a CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE   (United States)

^b Emily Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SURVIVOR; WAR;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; WAR;

EID: 84860134216     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21681     Document Type: Article

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