Community violence exposure and post-traumatic stress reactions among Gambian youth: The moderating role of positive school climate

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-67

  O’Donnell, Deborah A ^c   Roberts, William C ^a   Schwab Stone, Mary E ^b  

^a ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Africa; Community violence; School; Trauma; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEGRO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CRIME VICTIMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79251608070     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0162-x     Document Type: Article

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