PTSD in paramedics: Resilience and sense of coherence

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 452-463

  Streb, Markus ^a   Häller, Pascal ^a   Michael, Tanja ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

paramedics; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); psychological resistance; resilience; sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901421486     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465813000337     Document Type: Article

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