Do adolescent offspring of women with PTSD experience higher levels of chronic and episodic stress?

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 399-404

  Brand, Sarah R ^a   Schechter, Julia C ^a   Hammen, Constance L ^b   Le Brocque, Robyne ^c   Brennan, Patricia A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; QUEENSLAND; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80051908374     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20652     Document Type: Article

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