Psychological symptomatology among Palestinian adolescents living with political violence

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-31

  Al Krenawi, Alean ^a   Lev Wiesel, Rachel ^b   Mahmud, Sehwail A ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Palestinians adolescents; Political violence; Psychological symptomatology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PALESTINE; PARANOIA; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33846918659     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2006.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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