Self-image, war psychotrauma and refugee status in adolescents

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 381-388

  Begovac, I ^a   Rudan, V ^a   Begovac, B ^a   Vidovic V ^a   Majic G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Depression; Refugees; Self image; War trauma

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; WAR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CROATIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 21644459743     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-004-0423-x     Document Type: Article

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