Properties of Swedish posttraumatic stress measures after a disaster

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 402-409

  Arnberg, Filip K ^a   Michel, Per Olof ^a   Johannesson, Kerstin Bergh ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Longitudinal invariance; Mental health; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Sensitivity and specificity; Stressful events

Indexed keywords

12 ITEM GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPACT SCALE REVISED; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATURAL DISASTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT;

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL INVARIANCE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESSFUL EVENTS;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISASTERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; SWEDEN; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 84901273706     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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