Adolescents caught between fires: Cognitive emotion regulation in response to war experiences in Northern Uganda

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 655-669

  Amone P'Olak, Kennedy ^a   Garnefski, Nadia ^a   Kraaij, Vivian ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cognitive coping; Cognitive emotion regulation; Externalizing problems; Internalizing problems; War

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; UGANDA; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA; WAR;

EID: 34347374825     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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