Subjective age as a moderator in the reciprocal effects between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and self-rated physical functioning

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue SEP, 2018, Pages

  Shrira, Amit ^a   Palgi, Yuval ^b   Hoffman, Yaakov ^a   Avidor, Sharon ^c   Bodner, Ehud ^a   Ben Ezra, Menachem ^d   Bensimon, Moshe ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^d ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Missile attacks; Older adults; PTSD; Recovery capital; Self rated physical functioning; Subjective age

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053445423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01746     Document Type: Article

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