PTSD symptoms and family versus stranger violence in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Sullivan, Connor P ^a   Elbogen, Eric B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

PTSD; symptomology; veteran; violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; COMBAT DISORDERS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AGGRESSION; ANGER; COMBAT DISORDERS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84893901342     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000035     Document Type: Article

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