Morale as a Moderator of the Combat Exposure-PTSD Symptom Relationship

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-101

  Britt, Thomas W ^a,b   Adler, Amy B ^a   Bliese, Paul D ^a   Moore, Dewayne ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VETERAN; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VETERANS;

EID: 84874020818     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21775     Document Type: Article

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