Comparing psychological distress, traumatic stress reactions, and experiences of unaccompanied refugee minors with experiences of adolescents accompanied by parents

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 288-297

  Bean, Tammy ^a,e   Derluyn, Ilse ^b   Eurelings Bontekoe, Elisabeth ^c   Broekaert, Eric ^b   Spinhoven, Philip ^c,d  

^a Centrum '45   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Emotional and behavioral problems; Epidemiology; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REFUGEE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BELGIUM; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MINORS; NETHERLANDS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247219119     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000243751.49499.93     Document Type: Article

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