Posttraumatic growth, social acknowledgment as survivors, and sense of coherence in former german child soldiers of world war II

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1030-1039

  Forstmeier, Simon ^a   Kuwert, Philipp ^b   Spitzer, Carsten ^c   Freyberger, Harald J ^b   Maercker, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c Schon Klinik Verwaltung GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child soldiers; Posttraumatic growth; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Sense of coherence; Social acknowledgment; War trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; POSTTRAUMATIC DIAGNOSTIC SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH INVENTORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSE OF COHERENCE SCALE; SOCIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; SOMATIZATION; SURVIVOR; WAR;

EID: 74349095287     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181ab8b36     Document Type: Article

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