Pathways from war trauma to posttraumatic stress symptoms among Tamil asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 421-435

  Steel, Zachary ^a   Silove, Derrick ^a   Bird, Kevin ^a   McGorry, Patrick ^b   Mohan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Ctr for Young People's Mental Hlth   (Australia)

Author keywords

Path analysis; Posttraumatic environment; Posttraumatic stress; Tamils

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BATTLE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SRI LANKA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 0032766201     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024710902534     Document Type: Article

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