Perceived injustice after traumatic injury: Associations with pain, psychological distress, and quality of life outcomes 12 months after injury

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 213-221

  Trost, Zina ^a,e   Agtarap, Stephanie ^a   Scott, Whitney ^b   Driver, Simon ^c   Guck, Adam ^a   Roden Foreman, Kenleigh ^d   Reynolds, Megan ^d   Foreman, Michael L ^d   Warren, Ann Marie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Pain; Perceived injustice; PTSD; Quality of life; Traumatic injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FALLING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; INJUSTICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN INTENSITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; STAB WOUND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84941187291     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: 19391544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/rep0000043     Document Type: Article

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