Child development in the context of disaster, war, and terrorism: Pathways of risk and resilience

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 227-257

  Masten, Ann S ^a   Narayan, Angela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological embedding; Dose gradient; Mass trauma

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TERRORISM; WAR;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISASTERS; HUMANS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; TERRORISM; WAR;

EID: 82955173081     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-120710-100356     Document Type: Review

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