The Trauma Related Shame Inventory: Measuring Trauma-Related Shame Among Patients with PTSD

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 600-615

  Øktedalen, Tuva ^a   Hagtvet, Knut Arne ^b   Hoffart, Asle ^a   Langkaas, Tomas Formo ^a   Smucker, Mervin ^c  

^a MODUM BAD PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c IRRT Zentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generalizability theory; Multivariate generalizability analysis; PTSD; Trauma related shame

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; GUILT; GUILT COGNITION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF COMPASSION SCALE; SHAME; THEORY; TRAUMA RELATED SHAME INVENTORY;

EID: 84912046662     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-014-9422-5     Document Type: Article

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