How to quantify exposure to traumatic stress? Reliability and predictive validity of measures for cumulative trauma exposure in a post-conflict population

Background: While studies with survivors of single traumatic experiences highlight individual response variation following trauma, research from conflict regions shows that almost everyone develops posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) if trauma exposure reaches extreme levels. Therefore, evaluating...

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Main Authors: Sarah Wilker, Anett Pfeiffer, Stephan Kolassa, Daniela Koslowski, Thomas Elbert, Iris-Tatjana Kolassa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2015-11-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
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Online Access:http://www.ejpt.net/index.php/ejpt/article/view/28306/pdf_104