Posttraumatic stress symptoms as a mediating factor on the effects of exposure to community violence among children in Cape Town, South Africa

Violence and Victims

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 786-799

  Shields, Nancy ^a   Nadasen, Kathy ^b   Pierce, Lois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aggression; Depression; PTSD; Violent behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 72449134422     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.24.6.786     Document Type: Article

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