Social constraints, posttraumatic cognitions, and posttraumatic stress disorder in treatment-seeking trauma survivors: Evidence for a social-cognitive processing model

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 386-391

  Belsher, Bradley E ^a   Ruzek, Josef I ^a   Bongar, Bruce ^a   Cordova, Matthew J ^a  

^a PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

posttraumatic cognitions; PTSD; social constraints; social support; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874071682     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024362     Document Type: Article

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