Extent of trauma exposure and PTSD symptom severity as predictors of anxiety-buffer functioning

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-55

  Chatard, Armand ^a   Pyszczynski, Tom ^b   Arndt, Jamie ^a   Selimbegović, Leila ^a   Konan, Paul N'Dri ^a   Van Der Linden, Martial ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety buffer disruption; PTSD; terror management; trauma; war exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874045195     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021085     Document Type: Article

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