Witnessing versus experiencing direct violence in childhood as correlates of adulthood PTSD

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1264-1281

  Kulkarni, Madhur R ^a   Graham Bermann, Sandra ^a   Rauch, Sheila A M ^b,c   Seng, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD; violence exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MICHIGAN; ODDS RATIO; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954548676     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510368159     Document Type: Article

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