Different perspectives on emotional and behavioural problems in unaccompanied refugee children and adolescents

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-162

  Derluyn, Ilse ^a   Broekaert, Eric ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Different Perspectives; Emotional Well Being; Unaccompanied Refugee Children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847621146     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850601002296     Document Type: Article

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