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A brief measure of physical and emotional distress tolerance demonstrated longitudinal invariance as well as convergent and discriminant validity in a sample of 307 post-9/11 military Veterans.

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Distress tolerance (i.e., perceived or actual capacity to tolerate aversive internal states) has received considerable research attention as a transdiagnostic risk-factor underlying the development and maintenance of psychopathology. Lower levels of emotional distress tolerance have been linked to psychopathology (e.g. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder) within Military populations; however, the association of physical distress tolerance to psychopathology in this population has been under-researched.

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This page is a summary of: Factor structure and initial validation of a brief measure of perceived emotional and physical distress tolerance in post-9/11 US Veterans, Military Psychology, July 2019, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2019.1637210.
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