The role of young adolescents' perception in understanding the severity of exposure to community violence and PTSD

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1555-1578

  Aisenberg, Eugene ^a   Ayn, Cecilia ^a   Orozco Figueroa, Araceli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Family Court Assistance Program ^*

Author keywords

Adolescents' perception; African Americans; Community violence; Latinos; PTSD

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 54749122520     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508314318     Document Type: Article

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