Ideological commitment and posttraumatic stress in former Tamil child soldiers

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 511-520

  Kanagaratnam, Pushpa ^a   Raundalen, Magne ^b   Asbjørnsen, Arve E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Center for Crisis Psychology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child soldiers; Political violence; Trauma ideology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOLDIER; SRI LANKA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POLITICS; SRI LANKA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 28244498363     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2005.00483.x     Document Type: Review

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