Psychological effects of attack on the world trade center: Analysis before and after

Psychological Reports

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 587-606

  Wilson, W Cody ^a   Rosenthal, Beth Spenciner ^b,c  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW YORK CITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TERRORISM;

EID: 2942668493     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.94.2.587-606     Document Type: Article

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