Earthquake survivors' quality of life and academic achievement six years after the earthquakes in Marmara, Turkey

Disasters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 516-529

  Ceyhan, Esra ^a   Ceyhan, A Aykut ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Earthquake; Quality of life; WHOQOL

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; SURVIVOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; SURVIVORS; TURKEY; UNIVERSITIES;

BALIKESIR [TURKEY]; EURASIA; MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 36348956216     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2007.01023.x     Document Type: Article

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