Trauma and psychosis: The mediating role of self-concept clarity and dissociation

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 626-632

  Evans, Gavin John ^a   Reid, Graeme ^b   Preston, Phil ^c   Palmier Claus, Jasper ^d   Sellwood, William ^e  

^a GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Sefton and Kirkby   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood trauma; Dissociation; Mediation; Psychosis; Self concept

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; NEGLECT; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938740930     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.04.053     Document Type: Article

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