Pre-trauma individual differences in extinction learning predict posttraumatic stress

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 63-67

  Lommen, Miriam J J ^a   Engelhard, Iris M ^a   Sijbrandij, Marit ^a,b   van den Hout, Marcel A ^a   Hermans, Dirk ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Conditioning; Extinction learning; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTINCTION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84871382240     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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