Predictors and Outcomes of Growth Mixture Modeled Trajectories Across an Exposure-Based PTSD Intervention With Veterans

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1048-1063

  Allan, Nicholas P ^a,b   Gros, Daniel F ^a,b   Myers, Ursula S ^a,b   Korte, Kristina J ^a,b   Acierno, Ron ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; exposure therapy; growth mixture modeling; PTSD; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VETERAN;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 85006804251     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22408     Document Type: Article

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