Exploratory factor analysis of the Brazilian version of the Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist - Civilian Version (PCL-C);Análise fatorial exploratória da versão brasileira da Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist - versão civil (PCL-C)

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-161

  Passos, Roberta Benitez Freitas ^a   Figueira, Ivan ^b   Mendlowicz, Mauro Vítor ^c   Moraes, Claudia Leite ^a   Coutinho, Evandro Silva Freire ^a,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Factor Analysis; Post Traumatic; Statistical; Stress; Stress Disorders; Validation Studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; AMNESIA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DREAM; DSM-IV; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPERIENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PARESTHESIA; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 84863770050     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462012000200007     Document Type: Article

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