Elementary school children's responses 3 months after the September 11 terrorist attacks: A study in Washington, DC

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 509-528

  Phillips, Deborah ^a   Prince, Shantay ^a   Schiebelhut, Laura ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS; TELEVISION; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; CHILD; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TELEVISION; TERRORISM; VIRGINIA;

EID: 8444230126     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.74.4.509     Document Type: Article

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