Changes in neuroticism following trauma exposure

Journal of Personality

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 93-102

  Ogle, Christin M ^a   Rubin, David C ^a,b   Siegler, Ilene C ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84896714442     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12037     Document Type: Article

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