Child abduction, parents' distress, and social support

Violence and Victims

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-165

  Spilman, Sarah K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b The University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffering hypothesis; Kidnapping; Missing children; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNAPPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33646381874     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.21.2.149     Document Type: Article

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