A 2-year follow-up of orphan's competence, socioemotional problems and post-traumatic stress symptoms in traditional foster care and orphanages in Iraqi Kurdistan

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 203-215

  Ahmad, Abdulbaghi ^a   Qahar, J ^b   Siddiq, A ^b   Majeed, A ^b   Rasheed, J ^b   Jabar, F ^b   von Knorring, A L ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUHOK   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Competence; Foster care; Kurdistan; Orphans; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORPHANAGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; ORPHANAGES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 14944345203     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2004.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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