The latent structure of posttraumatic stress disorder: Different models or different populations?

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 610-615

  Shevlin, Mark ^a   Elklit, Ask ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor mixture model; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPHORIA; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VICTIM; WHIPLASH INJURY; BEREAVEMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84873493598     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028591     Document Type: Article

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