Appetitive aggression as a resilience factor against trauma disorders: appetitive aggression and PTSD in German World War II veterans.
Repeated exposure to traumatic stressors such as combat results in chronic symptoms of PTSD. However, previous findings suggest that former soldiers who report combat-related aggression to be appetitive are more resilient to develop PTSD. Appetitive Aggression should therefore prevent widespread men...
Main Authors: | Roland Weierstall, Sina Huth, Jasmin Knecht, Corina Nandi, Thomas Elbert |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3521013?pdf=render |
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