Effect of trauma on quality of life as mediated by mental distress and moderated by coping and social support among postconflict displaced Ethiopians

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 915-927

  Araya, Mesfin ^a,b   Chotai, Jayanti ^b   Komproe, Ivan H ^c   De Jong, Joop T V M ^c,d  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Public Health and Research   (Netherlands)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Mental distress; Postconflict displaced persons; Quality of life; Social support; Traumatic life events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STARVATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAR;

EID: 34547461649     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9201-9     Document Type: Article

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