Tonic immobility does not uniquely predict posttraumatic stress symptom severity

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 278-284

  Abrams, Murray P ^a   Carleton, R Nicholas ^a   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

peritraumatic dissociation; posttraumatic stress; tonic immobility; trait anxiety; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874050306     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023272     Document Type: Article

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