Thinking About Trauma: The Unique Contributions of Event Centrality and Posttraumatic Cognitions in Predicting PTSD and Posttraumatic Growth

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 718-726

  Barton, Sarah ^a   Boals, Adriel ^a   Knowles, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL CRIME; STUDENT; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890371852     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21863     Document Type: Article

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