The interrelationships among trauma-related guilt and shame, disengagement coping, and PTSD in a sample of treatment-seeking substance users

Traumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 285-292

  Held, Philip ^a   Owens, Gina P ^b   Anderson, Scott E ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Cornerstone of Recovery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Coping; PTSD; Shame; Trauma related guilt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975317607     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/trm0000050     Document Type: Article

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