Social support, sense of community, collectivistic values, and depressive symptoms in adolescent survivors of the 2004 Beslan terrorist attack

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-34

  Moscardino, Ughetta ^a   Scrimin, Sara ^a   Capello, Fabia ^a   Altoè, Gianmarco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Beslan; Collectivism; Depressive symptoms; Gender; Social ecology; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; GENDER; TERRORISM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CULTURAL VALUE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PEER GROUP; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; TERRORISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RUSSIA; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; SURVIVORS; TERRORISM;

ALANIA; BESLAN; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 70649089395     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.035     Document Type: Article

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