Sociocultural Disadvantage, Traumatic Life Events, and Psychiatric Symptoms in Preadolescent Children

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-397

  Gustafsson, Per E ^a   Larsson, IngBeth ^a   Nelson, Nina ^a   Gustafsson, Per A ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

children; mental health; sociocultural disadvantage; stressor outcome specificity; traumatic life events

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE INCIDENCE OF TRAUMATIC EVENTS CHECKLIST; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 70350495886     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016559     Document Type: Article

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