Assessing violence exposure and trauma symptoms in young children: A critical review of measures

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 707-717

  Stover, Carla Smith ^a   Berkowitz, Steven ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIOLENCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33645301353     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20079     Document Type: Review

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