Biological sex, gender role, and criterion A2: Rethinking the "gender" gap in PTSD

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-40

  Valdez, Christine E ^a   Lilly, Michelle M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological sex; Criterion A2; Gender role; Peritraumatic distress; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893804648     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031466     Document Type: Article

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