Anger and postcombat mental health: Validation of a brief anger measure with U.S. Soldiers postdeployed from Iraq and Afghanistan

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 661-675

  Novaco, Raymond W ^a   Swanson, Rob D ^b   Gonzalez, Oscar I ^a   Gahm, Gregory A ^b   Reger, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b National Center for Telehealth and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; PTSD; Veterans; Violence risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGE; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER IDENTIFICATION TEST; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARMY; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR AND SYMPTOM IDENTIFICATION SCALE; COMBAT DIRECT EXPERIENCES; COMBAT EXPOSURE SCALE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIMENSIONS OF ANGER REACTIONS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCREMENTAL VALIDITY; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PHQ ANXIETY MODULE; PHQ-9 DEPRESSION MODULE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY CARE POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SCREEN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PTSD CHECKLIST; QUALITY MARRIAGE INDEX; SCREENING TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SOLDIER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE IDEATION SCALE; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST AND OUTCOMES RATING SCALE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; VIOLENCE; WORK; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK; STANDARD; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMBAT DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874399349     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026636     Document Type: Article

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