A latent class analysis of adolescent adverse life events based on a Danish national youth probability sample

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 218-224

  Shevlin, Mark ^a   Elklit, Ask ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Life events; National sample; PTSD; Traumatic events

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 47949112103     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480801983992     Document Type: Article

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