Symptom structure of PTSD: Support for a hierarchical model separating core PTSD symptoms from dysphoria

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rademaker, Arthur R ^a,e   Van Minnen, Agnes ^b   Ebberink, Freek ^a   Van Zuiden, Mirjam ^a,d   Hagenaars, Muriel A ^c   Geuze, Elbert ^a,e  

^a Research Centre   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Distress disorders; Dysphoria; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893732598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.17580     Document Type: Article

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