Polytraumatization in an adult national sample and its association with psychological distress and self-esteem

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 62-74

  Nilsson, Doris ^a   Dahlstöm, Örjan ^a   Priebe, Gisela ^b   Svedin, Carl Göran ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adults; Anxiety; Depression; Polytraumatization; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECK LIST 25; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; INTERPERSONAL TRAUMA; LIFE EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POLYTRAUMATIZATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922688164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.298     Document Type: Article

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