Resilience Moderates the Relationship Between Exposure to Violence and Posttraumatic Reexperiencing in Mi'kmaq Youth

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 408-420

  Zahradnik, Marc ^a   Stewart, Sherry H ^a   O'Connor, Roisin M ^a   Stevens, Doreen ^b   Ungar, Michael ^a   Wekerle, Christine ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Exposure to violence; Mi'kmaq; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952096370     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-009-9228-y     Document Type: Article

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