Post-traumatic stress reactions in children of war

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 385-391

  Thabet, Abdel Aziz Mousa ^b   Vostanis, Panos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Post traumatic stress; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHER; WAR;

ARABS; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 0032974036     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963098003709     Document Type: Article

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