Persistent grief in the aftermath of mass violence: The predictive roles of posttraumatic stress symptoms, self-efficacy, and disrupted worldview

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 179-186

  Smith, Andrew J ^a   Abeyta, Andrew A ^b   Hughes, Michael ^a   Jones, Russell T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

grief; PTSD; self efficacy; trauma; violence; worldview

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FIREARM; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FIREARMS; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925628747     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000002     Document Type: Article

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