Randomized Clinical Trial Investigating the Effects of an Anxiety Sensitivity Intervention on Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: A Replication and Extension

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 296-303

  Short, Nicole A ^a   Boffa, Joseph W ^a   Norr, Aaron M ^a   Albanese, Brian J ^a   Allan, Nicholas P ^b   Schmidt, Norman B ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 85020227288     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.22194     Document Type: Article

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