Longitudinal invariance of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in adolescent earthquake survivors

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-270

  Wang, Mengcheng ^a   Elhai, Jon D ^b   Dai, Xiaoyang ^c   Yao, Shuqiao ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Longitudinal invariance; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD Checklist Civilian version

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHORIC AROUSAL MODEL; EARTHQUAKE; EMOTIONAL NUMBING MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST CIVILIAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84863013785     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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