Construct, predictive validity, and measurement equivalence of the race-based traumatic stress symptom scale for black Americans

Traumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 8-16

  Carter, Robert T ^a   Muchow, Carrie ^a   Pieterse, Alex L ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Race based trauma; Race related stress; Racism and health for blacks; Trauma assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028742193     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/trm0000128     Document Type: Article

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