Association of trauma and PTSD symptoms with openness to reconciliation and feelings of revenge among former Ugandan and Congolese child soldiers

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 555-559

  Bayer, Christophe Pierre ^a   Klasen, Fionna ^a,b   Adam, Hubertus ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Children for Tomorrow Foundation   (Germany)

^c Schloss Werneck   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLDIER; UGANDA; VIOLENCE; WAR; ATTITUDE; CHILD; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UGANDA; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34547642665     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.5.555     Document Type: Article

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