Exposure to 9/11 among youth and their mothers in New York City: Enduring associations with mental health and sociopolitical attitudes

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1142-1160

  Gershoff, Elizabeth T ^a   Aber, J Lawrence ^b   Ware, Angelica ^c   Kotler, Jennifer A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Austin Independent School District   (United States)

^d Sesame Workshop ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NEW YORK CITY; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955165751     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01459.x     Document Type: Article

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