Longitudinal course of posttraumatic growth among U.S. military veterans: Results from the national health and resilience in veterans study

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-18

  Tsai, Jack ^a,b   Sippel, Lauren M ^a,b   Mota, Natalie ^a,b   Southwick, Steven M ^a,b   Pietrzak, Robert H ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

posttraumatic stress disorder; quality of life; resilience; spirituality; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSISTENTLY HIGH COURSE; CONSISTENTLY LOW COURSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAMATICALLY DECLINING COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCREASING POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH COURSE; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODERATELY DECLINING COURSE; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84954078887     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22371     Document Type: Article

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