The presence of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in adolescents three months after an 8·0 magnitude earthquake in southwest China

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 3057-3069

  Zhang, Weiqing ^a   Jiang, Xiaolian ^a   Ho, Kit Wan ^b   Wu, Dongmei ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Coping strategy; Earthquake; Locus of control; Nurses; Nursing; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; CHINA; EARTHQUAKES; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 80053923011     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03825.x     Document Type: Article

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