Optimism predicts resilience in repatriated prisoners of war: A 37-year longitudinal study

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 330-336

  Segovia, Francine ^a   Moore, Jeffrey L ^a   Linnville, Steven E ^a   Hoyt, Robert E ^a   Hain, Robert E ^a  

^a Center for Prisoner of War Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PERSONALITY; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 84862875677     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21691     Document Type: Article

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