The association between post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and the quality of life among Wenchuan earthquake survivors: The role of social support as a moderator

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 733-743

  Zhao, Changyi ^a   Wu, Zhibin ^a   Xu, Jiuping ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Post traumatic stress disorder; Quality of life; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVOR; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892813825     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0197-4     Document Type: Article

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