Impact of a natural disaster on preschool children: Adjustment 14 months after a hurricane

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 122-130

  Swenson, Cynthia Cupit ^a,g   Saylor, Conway F ^b   Powell, Paige ^c   Stokes, Sherri J ^d   Foster, Kim Y ^e   Belter, Ronald W ^f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b The Citadel ^*  (United States)

^c JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Charleston/Dorchester Mental H   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030042579     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080162     Document Type: Article

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