Assessing the Latent Factor Association Between the Dysphoria Model of PTSD and Positive and Negative Affect in Trauma Victims from India

Psychological Injury and Law

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 122-130

  Charak, Ruby ^a,b   Armour, Cherie ^c   Elklit, Ask ^d   Koot, Hans M ^a   Elhai, Jon D ^e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential relation; Dysphoria; India; Negative affect; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902545028     PISSN: 1938971X     EISSN: 19389728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12207-014-9192-0     Document Type: Article

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