Acquired Equivalence in U.S. Veterans With Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress: Reexperiencing Symptoms Are Associated With Greater Generalization

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 717-720

  Kostek, John A ^a,b   Beck, Kevin D ^a,b   Gilbertson, Mark W ^c   Orr, Scott P ^d   Pang, Kevin C H ^a,b   Servatius, Richard J ^a,b   Myers, Catherine E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84920111758     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21974     Document Type: Article

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