Do Secondary Trauma Symptoms in Spouses of Combat-Exposed National Guard Soldiers Mediate Impacts of Soldiers' Trauma Exposure on Their Children?

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 459-473

  Herzog, Joseph R ^a   Everson, R Blaine ^b   Whitworth, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b The Samaritan Counseling Center of Northeast Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediating variable; Military children; Military families; National Guard; PTSD; Secondary trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355173343     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-011-0243-z     Document Type: Article

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