Pre-attack stress-load, appraisals, and coping in children's responses to the 9/11 terrorist attacks

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1219-1227

  Lengua, Liliana J ^a   Long, Anna C ^a   Meltzoff, Andrew N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Coping; Disaster; PTS; Stress load

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; TELEPHONE; TERRORISM; THREAT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37249072704     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01664.x     Document Type: Article

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