Trauma-related shame and guilt as time-varying predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms during imagery exposure and imagery rescripting—A randomized controlled trial

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 518-532

  Øktedalen, Tuva ^a,b   Hoffart, Asle ^a   Langkaas, Tomas Formo ^a,b  

^a MODUM BAD PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

guilt; shame; trauma; treatment of PTSD; within person effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUIDED IMAGERY; GUILT; HUMAN; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAME; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; SHAME; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84928533058     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2014.917217     Document Type: Article

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