The Effects of Political Violence on Palestinian Children's Behavior Problems: A Risk Accumulation Model

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-45

  Garbarino, James ^a   Kostelny, Kathleen ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

^b ERIKSON INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CIVIL DISORDER; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PERSONALITY TEST; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CIVIL DISORDERS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POLITICS; RACE RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030077244     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01717.x     Document Type: Article

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