Guilt and posttraumatic stress symptoms in child victims of interpersonal violence

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-83

  Kletter, Hilit ^a   Weems, Carl F ^b   Carrion, Victor G ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Guilt; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GUILT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 58149129440     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104508100137     Document Type: Article

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