Life-events and post-traumatic stress in a sample of english adolescents

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 475-482

  Joseph, Stephen ^a   Mynard, Helen ^b   Mayall, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c Child Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Life events; Post traumatic stress; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034310192     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1298(200011/12)10:6<475::AID-CASP578>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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