The impact of self-efficacy, alexithymia and multiple traumas on posttraumatic stress disorder and psychiatric co-morbidity following epileptic seizures: A moderated mediation analysis

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1033-1041

  Chung, Man Cheung ^a   Allen, Rachel D ^b   Dennis, Ian ^b  

^a ZAYED UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Epileptic seizures; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEIZURE; SELF CONCEPT; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEGOTIATING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84888286046     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.07.041     Document Type: Article

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