Inconsistencies in the self-report of traumatic experiences by unaccompanied refugee minors

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 663-673

  Spinhoven, Philip ^a,b   Bean, Tammy ^c   Eurelings Bontekoe, Liesbeth ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Centrum '45   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; CHILD; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INCIDENCE; JUVENILE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MINORS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFUGEES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33947190965     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20152     Document Type: Article

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