Intrusive thoughts and young children's knowledge about thinking following a natural disaster

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1115-1124

  Sprung, Manuel ^a   Harris, Paul L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hurricanes; introspection; intrusive thoughts; knowledge about thinking; Natural disaster; posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); theory of mind; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY; MISSISSIPPI; QUESTIONNAIRES; THINKING;

EID: 77956631621     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02273.x     Document Type: Article

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