Evaluating the dimensionality of PTSD in a sample of OIF/OEF veterans

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 430-436

  Frankfurt, Sheila ^a   Anders, Samantha L ^b,c   James, Lisa M ^a   Engdahl, Brian ^a   Winskowski, Ann Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

confirmatory factor analysis; factor mixture model; latent profile analysis; PTSD; veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERAN; WAR; WAR EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WAR EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921507515     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000012     Document Type: Article

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