Coping strategies in daily life as protective and risk factors for post traumatic stress in motor vehicle accident survivors

To investigate the role of a general coping style in the development and maintenance of PTSD-like symptoms, we investigated 44 survivors of severe motor vehicle accidents. Coping was assessed using a German instrument. We also included personality traits such as neuroticism and extraversion, peritra...

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Main Authors: Dörfel, Denise (Author), Rabe, Sirko (Author), Karl, Anke (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2008-09.
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