Post traumatic stress disorder and coping in a sample of adult survivors of the Italian earthquake

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 353-358

  Cofini, V ^a   Carbonelli, A ^a   Cecilia, M R ^a   Binkin, N ^b   di Orio, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural disasters; Post traumatic syndrome; Prevalence; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENIAL; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADOLESCENT; DISASTER; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939473267     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.06.041     Document Type: Article

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