Frequency of intrusions and flashbacks in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood sexual abuse: An electronic diary study

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1370-1376

  Priebe, Kathlen ^a   Kleindienst, Nikolaus ^a   Zimmer, Josepha ^a,c   Koudela, Susanne ^b   Ebner Prieme, Ulrich ^b   Bohus, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electronic diaries; Intrusions; Intrusive reexperiencing; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Recall bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FLASH BACK; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INTRUSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; AWARENESS; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84890065858     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033816     Document Type: Article

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