The underlying dimensions of DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in an epidemiological sample of Chinese earthquake survivors

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 345-351

  Liu, Ping ^a,b,c   Wang, Li ^a   Cao, Chengqi ^a,b   Wang, Richu ^a,b   Zhang, Jianxin ^a   Zhang, Biao ^c   Wu, Qi ^c   Zhang, Hong ^c   Zhao, Zhihong ^d   Fan, Gaolin ^d   Elhai, Jon D ^e,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF DEYANG CITY   (China)

^d Hanwang People's Hospital   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Confirmatory factor analysis; DSM 5; Earthquake; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DSM-5; DYSPHORIA; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SURVIVOR;

CHINA; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; DSM-5; EARTHQUAKE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899682006     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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