A longitudinal test of the bi-directional relations between avoidance coping and PTSD severity during and after PTSD treatment

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 610-616

  Badour, Christal L ^a   Blonigen, Daniel M ^b   Boden, Matthew Tyler ^b   Feldner, Matthew T ^a,c   Bonn Miller, Marcel O ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c LAUREATE INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Posttraumatic stress; PTSD; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RACE DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865636351     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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