Children's state anxiety in reaction to disaster media cues: A preliminary test of a multivariate model

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-164

  Ortiz, Claudio D ^a   Silverman, Wendy K ^b   Jaccard, James ^b   La Greca, Annette M ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; children; disaster; media; reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959427957     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020098     Document Type: Article

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