Assessing a dysphoric arousal model of acute stress disorder symptoms in a clinical sample of rape and bank robbery victims

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hansen, Maj ^a   Armour, Cherie ^a   Elklit, Ask ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute stress disorder; Acute Stress Disorder Scale; Anxious arousal; Bank robbery; Confirmatory factor analysis; DSM 5; Dysphoric arousal; Rape

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885787807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.18201     Document Type: Article

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