Appraisals and cognitive coping styles associated with chronic post-traumatic symptoms in child road traffic accident survivors

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 194-201

  Stallard, Paul ^a   Smith, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive appraisals; Coping styles; Post traumatic stress disorder; Road traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SURVIVOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VARIANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33846682318     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01692.x     Document Type: Article

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