Title:
The relation between self-reported posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and resting heart rate among torture survivors
Author:
Janina Synnestvedt
Thesis Advisor:
Jen Lowry
Committee Member:
Beth A. Kotchick
Committee Member:
Jeffrey Lating
Committee Member:
Mary Cogar
Committee Member:
James Buckley
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
2009
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
reformatted digital
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to assess relations between resting heart rate and psychopathology in torture survivors who are seeking asylum in the United States. Increased resting heart rate has been linked to negative health consequences such as coronary heart disease and shorter lifespan. Relations were explored between gender and resting heart rate, as well as gender and psychopathology.
Subject:
Torture victims--Mental health
Subject:
Torture victims--Medical care
Subject:
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Subject:
Pulse--Measurement
Subject:
Harvard Trauma Questionnaire
Subject:
Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25
Subject:
Psychotherapy Outcome Assessment and Monitoring System-Trauma Version
Degree:
Doctor of Clinical Psychology
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Psychology
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Identifier:
SynnestvedtJ-09
