Resource Loss and Relocation: A Follow-Up Study of Adolescents Two Years After Hurricane Katrina

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 312-322

  Blaze, John T ^a   Shwalb, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane Katrina; natural disaster; posttraumatic stress; psychological distress; resource loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952106242     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017834     Document Type: Article

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