Psychometric Properties of the UCLA PTSD Reaction Index: Part I

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Steinberg, Alan M ^a   Brymer, Melissa J ^a   Kim, Soeun ^b   Briggs, Ernestine C ^c   Ippen, Chandra Ghosh ^d   Ostrowski, Sarah A ^e   Gully, Kevin J ^f   Pynoos, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c National Child Traumatic Stress Network   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANGER; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874001414     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21780     Document Type: Article

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