The orphans of Eritrea: A five-year follow-up study

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1231-1237

  Wolff, Peter H ^a   Fesseha, Gebremeskel ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Redd Barna ^*  (Eritrea)

Author keywords

Institutional care; Rehabilitation; War orphans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ERITREA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORPHANAGE; REFUGEE; REHABILITATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WAR;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ERITREA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; REFUGEES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WAR;

EID: 0032738538     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099004679     Document Type: Article

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