Narratives from caregivers of children surviving the terrorist attack in Beslan: Issues of health, culture, and resilience

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1776-1787

  Moscardino, Ughetta ^a   Axia, Giovanna ^a   Scrimin, Sara ^a   Capello, Fabia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beslan; Children; Culture; Families; Resilience; Russia; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; MENTAL HEALTH; TERRORISM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL; TERRORISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; RUSSIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; TERRORISM;

ALANIA; BESLAN; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 33947241753     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.11.024     Document Type: Article

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