Trauma and resilience in young refugees: A 9-year follow-up study

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 477-489

  Montgomery, Edith ^a  

^a Rehabiliterings og Forskningscentret for Torturofre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE EAST; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REFUGEES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952511615     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579410000180     Document Type: Article

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