One-year follow-up analysis of cognitive and psychological consequences among survivors of the Wenchuan earthquake

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-152

  Xu, Jiuping ^a   Wu, Zhibin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive psychology; Psychological pressure; Psychological recovery; Wenchuan earthquake; Work satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVOR; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHINA; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952727892     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2010.529908     Document Type: Article

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