Trajectories of PTSD symptoms following sexual assault: Is resilience the modal outcome?

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 469-474

  Steenkamp, Maria M ^a,b   Dickstein, Benjamin D ^a   Salters Pedneault, Kristalyn ^c   Hofmann, Stefan G ^a   Litz, Brett T ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL CRIME; TIME; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864750490     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21718     Document Type: Article

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