PTSD's underlying symptom dimensions and relations with behavioral inhibition and activation

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 645-651

  Contractor, Ateka A ^a   Elhai, Jon D ^a,b   Ractliffe, Kendra C ^c   Forbes, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avoidance behavior; Behavioral activation; Behavioral inhibition; Factor analysis; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR ACTIVATION; BEHAVIOR INHIBITION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PTSD SYMPTOM SCALE SELF REPORT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY TO PUNISHMENT AND SENSITIVITY TO REWARD SCALE; STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION; BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84884408200     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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