Relationship between handedness and persistent emotional distress in adults experiencing an earthquake

Rivista di Psichiatria

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 309-312

  Farina, Benedetto ^a   Mazzotti, Eva ^b   Farina, Federica ^c   Della Marca, Giacomo ^d   Savoja, Valeria ^e   Kotzalidis, Giorgio D ^e   Campanile, Angela ^c   Chemtob, Claude Moussa ^f   Di Giannantonio, Massimo ^c   Tatarelli, Roberto ^e  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Handedness; Lateralization; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Sleep disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INSOMNIA; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARTHQUAKES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866770733     PISSN: 00356484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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