An exploratory study of african american parent-child coping strategies post-hurricane Katrina

Traumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-41

  Salloum, Alison ^a   Lewis, Marva L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Children; Coping; Disasters; Hurricanes; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949597238     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765609348240     Document Type: Article

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