The indirect effect of somatic complaints on report of posttraumatic psychological symptomatology among Somali refugees

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-482

  Bentley, Jacob A ^a   Thoburn, John W ^a   Stewart, David G ^a   Boynton, Lorin D ^b  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMALIA; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMALIA; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051874475     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20651     Document Type: Article

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