Psychometric properties of the impact of events scale in traumatized Cambodian refugee youth

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-67

  Sack, William H ^a   Seeley, John R ^c   Him, Chanrithy ^b   Clarke, Gregory N ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0032116893     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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