Post-traumatic reactions in adolescents: How well do the DSM-IV PTSD criteria fit the real life experience of trauma exposed youth?

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 915-925

  Saul, Andrea L ^a   Grant, Kathryn E ^a   Carter, Jocelyn Smith ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adolescent psychiatry; Adolescent psychology; Factor analysis; Models; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychopathology; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 47549111959     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-008-9222-z     Document Type: Article

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