Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms, and Functional Disability in U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 460-464

  Dahm, Katherine A ^a   Meyer, Eric C ^b,c,d   Neff, Kristin D ^a   Kimbrel, Nathan A ^b,e,f   Gulliver, Suzy Bird ^d,g   Morissette, Sandra B ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Department of Veterans Affairs VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans ^*  (United States)

^c Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System (151C)   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINDFULNESS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MINDFULNESS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84944256187     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.22045     Document Type: Article

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