Specificity of peritraumatic fear in predicting anxious reactivity to a biological challenge among traumatic event-exposed adolescents

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 397-406

  Badour, Christal L ^a   Feldner, Matthew T ^a   Blumenthal, Heidemarie ^a   Bujarski, Sarah J ^a   Leen Feldner, Ellen W ^a   Babson, Kimberly A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Hyperventilation; Panic; Peritraumatic fear; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DSM-IV-TR; FEAR; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERITRAUMATIC FEAR; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX;

EID: 84864710827     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-011-9380-0     Document Type: Article

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