Coping with stressful or traumatic events: What aspects of trauma reactions are associated with health outcomes?

Stress and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 156-163

  Boals, Adriel ^a   Riggs, Shelley A ^a   Kraha, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; DSM IV; hyperarousal; life satisfaction; negative affect; physical health; posttraumatic stress disorder; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875857563     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2443     Document Type: Article

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