Factor analysis of the impact of event scale with children in war

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 339-350

  Dyregrov, Atle ^a   Kuterovac, Gordana ^b   Barath, Arpad ^b  

^a Center for Crisis Psychology   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Children; IES; Psychometric; War

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROATIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REFUGEE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROATIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFUGEES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 0030344996     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1996.tb00667.x     Document Type: Article

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