Effects of traumatic stress and perceived stress on everyday cognitive functioning

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1335-1343

  Boals, Adriel ^a   Banks, Jonathan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive failures; Perceived stress; PTSD; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEIVED STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; SYMPTOM; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866288565     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.651100     Document Type: Article

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