Risk factors for psychological adjustment following residential fire: The role of avoidant coping

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-99

  Jones, Russell T ^a   Ollendick, Thomas H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Coping; Disaster; Fire

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; FIRE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27944448469     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J229v06n02_08     Document Type: Article

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