Developmental differences in children's and adolescents' post-disaster reactions

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 470-476

  Dogan Ates, Aysun ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77953223361     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840903582528     Document Type: Article

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