Community violence exposure, adverse childhood experiences, and posttraumatic distress among urban development workers

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-49

  Walling, Sherry M ^a   Eriksson, Cynthia B ^b   Putman, Katherine M ^b   Foy, David W ^c  

^a FRESNO PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^c PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse childhood experiences; community violence; PTSD; urban development workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953891463     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020566     Document Type: Article

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