Family resources, family strains, and stress following the Northridge earthquake

Stress, Trauma and Crisis

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 187-202

  Sattler, David N ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster stress; Earthquake; Family functioning; Family resources; Natural disaster; Psychological distress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750550317     PISSN: 15434613     EISSN: 15434591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15434610600854038     Document Type: Article

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