Randomized Controlled Trial of Online Expressive Writing to Address Readjustment Difficulties Among U.S. Afghanistan and Iraq War Veterans

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 381-390

  Sayer, Nina A ^a,b,c   Noorbaloochi, Siamak ^a,b   Frazier, Patricia A ^c   Pennebaker, James W ^d   Orazem, Robert J ^a   Schnurr, Paula P ^e,f   Murdoch, Maureen ^a,b   Carlson, Kathleen F ^g,h   Gravely, Amy ^a   Litz, Brett T ^i,j  

^a A VA HSR and D Center of Excellence   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^j BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR; WRITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WRITING;

EID: 84944207886     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.22047     Document Type: Article

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