The effects of the 1999 Turkish earthquake on young children: Analyzing traumatized children's completion of short stories

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1161-1175

  Celebi Oncu, Elif ^a   Metindogan Wise, Aysegul ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TURKEY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROJECTIVE TECHNIQUES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TURKEY;

EID: 77955140997     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01460.x     Document Type: Article

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