The dimensionality of PTSD symptoms and their relationship to health-related quality of life in Chinese earthquake survivors

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 711-718

  Wang, Li ^a   Cao, Chengqi ^a,b   Wang, Richu ^a,b   Zhang, Jianxin ^a   Li, Zhongquan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Confirmatory factor analysis; Earthquake; Health related quality of life; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPHORIA; EARTHQUAKE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CHINA; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84865795172     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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