Distress, Worry, and Functioning Following a Global Health Crisis: A National Study of Americans’ Responses to Ebola

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 513-521

  Thompson, Rebecca R ^a   Garfin, Dana Rose ^a   Holman, E Alison ^a   Silver, Roxane Cohen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acute stress; Ebola virus; media; worry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019830543     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702617692030     Document Type: Article

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