People under extreme stress
Subtitle: an individual differences approach
By: Jan Strelau, editor.
Contributors: Strelau, Jan.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
Subjects: Post-traumatic stress disorder.; Disasters -- Psychological aspects.; Individual differences.; Individuality.; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- therapy.; Individuality.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The relationship between personality and posttraumatic stress disorder / A.C. McFarlane; title: Personality, trauma exposure, and posttraumatic stress disorder severity: moving beyond the monovariable predictor model / D. Lauterbach; title: Environmental vulnerabilities and posttraumatic stress disorder among children with different personality styles / J.A. Fairbank, et al.; title: Temperamental and environmental determinants of the intensity of PTSD symptoms in children two years after a flood / M. Kaczmarek and B. Zawadzki; title: Individual differences as moderators of posttraumatic stress symptoms experienced after flood: the role of temperament and coping styles / J. Strelau and B. Zawadzki; title: The role of gender and age in coping with terror: Israelis in the shadow of el-aqsa intifada / Z. Solomon, et al.; title: Coping with war captivity: the contribution of personality resources / R. Dekel, et al.; title: Sense of mastery as a moderator of longer-term effects of disaster impact on psychological distress / K. Kaniasty; title: Coping may help: neuroticism, exposure to threat, and coping effectiveness / T. Klonowicz and R. Cieslak; title: General self-efficacy and quality of life in cancer survivors / S. Boehmer and A. Luszczynska; title: Genetic, environmental, and temperamental correlates of post-traumatic stress disorder: family studies / A. Siwy.