Effects of Parents' Experiential Avoidance and PTSD on Adolescent Disaster-Related Posttraumatic Stress Symptomatology

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 220-229

  Polusny, Melissa A ^a   Ries, Barry J ^b   Meis, Laura A ^a   DeGarmo, David ^c   McCormick Deaton, Catherine M ^b   Thuras, Paul ^d   Erbes, Christopher R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Disaster; Experiential avoidance; Parents; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TORNADO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TORNADOES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954986205     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022945     Document Type: Article

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