The mediating role of anxiety sensitivity in the relation between avoidant coping and posttraumatic stress among trauma-exposed HIV+ individuals

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 146-153

  Brandt, Charles P ^a   Zvolensky, Michael J ^a,b   Vujanovic, Anka A ^c   Grover, Kristin W ^d   Hogan, Julianna ^d   Bakhshaie, Jafar ^a   Gonzalez, Adam ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; anxiety sensitivity; coping; HIV; posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NEW YORK; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; VERMONT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NEW YORK CITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VERMONT;

EID: 84925643463     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037236     Document Type: Article

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