The role of locus of control and coping style in predicting longitudinal PTSD-trajectories after combat exposure

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-94

  Karstoft, Karen Inge ^a   Armour, Cherie ^b   Elklit, Ask ^c   Solomon, Zahava ^d  

^a Research and Knowledge Centre   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Combat; Coping; Locus of control; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR ASSESMENT; EMOTION; HUMAN; ISRAELI; LEBANON; LIFE THREAT; LOCUS OF CONTROL ASSESSMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WAR; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VETERAN; WAR EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WAR EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927586478     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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