Catastrophizing, rumination, and reappraisal prospectively predict adolescent PTSD symptom onset following a terrorist attack

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1039-1047

  Jenness, Jessica L ^a   Jager Hyman, Shari ^b   Heleniak, Charlotte ^c   Beck, Aaron T ^b   Sheridan, Margaret A ^d   McLaughlin, Katie A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; cognition; emotion; posttraumatic; stress disorders; terrorism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING; COGNITIVE REAPPRAISAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERRORISM;

EID: 84983251055     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22548     Document Type: Article

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