Risk and resiliency in posttraumatic stress disorder: Distinct roles of anxiety and disgust sensitivity

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-55

  Olatunji, Bunmi O ^a   Armstrong, Thomas ^a   Fan, Qianqian ^a   Zhao, Mimi ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Disgust sensitivity; PTSD; Resiliancy; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893606051     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029682     Document Type: Article

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