Cognitive Processing of Trauma and Attitudes Toward Disclosure in the First Six Months After Military Deployment

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 209-221

  Currier, Joseph M ^a   Lisman, Ross ^a   Irene Harris, J ^b,c   Tait, Rhondie ^a   Erbes, Christopher R ^b,c  

^a FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^b Veterans Administration   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive processing; Disclosure; Military combat; Posttraumatic growth; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMBAT DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84873309483     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21930     Document Type: Article

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