Latent profiles of DSM-5 PTSD symptoms and the "Big Five" personality traits

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-20

  Contractor, Ateka A ^a,b,g   Armour, Cherie ^c   Shea, M Tracie ^b,d   Mota, Natalie ^e,f   Pietrzak, Robert H ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Big five personality dimensions; Coping; DSM 5 PTSD; Latent profile analyses; Mental health treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-5; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE USE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHECKLIST; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOLDIER; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHECKLIST; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946556312     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.10.005     Document Type: Article

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