The role of family processes in childhood traumatic stress reactions for youths living in urban poverty

Traumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 33-42

  Kiser, Laurel J ^a   Medoff, Deborah R ^a   Black, Maureen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Family process; Poverty; Trauma; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953994614     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765609358466     Document Type: Article

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