A person-centered analysis of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms following a natural disaster: Predictors of latent class membership

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-24

  Rosellini, Anthony J ^a,b   Coffey, Scott F ^a   Tracy, Melissa ^c   Galea, Sandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane Katrina; Latent class analysis; Natural disaster; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVORCE; DSM-IV; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FLOODING; HELPLESSNESS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTER; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

HURRICANE KATRINA; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; NATURAL DISASTER; PTSD; TRAUMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYCLONIC STORMS; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890249921     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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