Measurement of combat exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder, and life stress among Vietnam combat veterans
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 143 (4) , 537-539
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.4.537
Abstract
Two scales developed to assess combat exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology in Vietnam veterans displayed very high reliability. High levels of posttraumatic stress disorder were associated with more current life stresses and other standardized indices of dysphoria.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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