Examining anxiety sensitivity as a mediator of the association between PTSD symptoms and suicide risk among women firefighters

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 50, Issue , 2017, Pages 94-102

  Stanley, Ian H ^a   Hom, Melanie A ^a   Spencer Thomas, Sally ^b   Joiner, Thomas E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Firefighter; First responder; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX 3; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-5; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; LIFE EVENTS CHECKLIST; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RISK; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SUICIDAL BEHAVIORS QUESTIONNAIRE REVISED; SUICIDE; SYMPTOM; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020899015     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.06.003     Document Type: Article

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