Effects of exposure to community violence on school functioning: The mediating role of posttraumatic stress symptoms

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 586-591

  Mathews, Tara ^a   Dempsey, Margaret ^b   Overstreet, Stacy ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b Child Study Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Community violence; Mental health; Posttraumatic stress symptoms; School functioning

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL STRESS; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 67349278441     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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