Urban teens: Trauma, posttraumatic growth, and emotional distress among female adolescents

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 841-850

  Ickovics, Jeannette R ^a,b   Meade, Christina S ^b   Kershaw, Trace S ^a   Milan, Stephanie ^a   Lewis, Jessica B ^a   Ethier, Kathleen A ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Emotional distress; Hierarchical linear modeling; Multilevel modeling; Posttraumatic growth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33749617059     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.74.5.841     Document Type: Article

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