Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom structure in Chinese adolescents exposed to a deadly earthquake

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 749-758

  Wang, Li ^a   Long, Di ^a   Li, Zhongquan ^b   Armour, Cherie ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; China; Confirmatory factor analysis; Earthquake; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79959894743     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-011-9508-4     Document Type: Article

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