Disaster at a distance: Impact of 9.11.01 televised news coverage on mothers' and children's health

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 329-339

  Kennedy, Christine ^a   Charlesworth, Annemarie ^a   Chen, Jyu Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS; TELEVISION; TERRORISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 10944246521     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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