Examination of the psychometric properties of a brief PTSD measure on a french–canadian undergraduate population

Scandinavian Journal of Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 65-73

  Stephenson, Randolph ^a   Marchand, Lyne ^a   Marchand, André ^a   di Blasio, Lina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Post TRAUMATIC Stress Disorder; Psychometric; Ptsd; Self REPORT; Traumatic Event

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994650469     PISSN: 02845717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028457100750066414     Document Type: Article

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