Adolescents' reactions after a wildfire disaster in Greece

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-63

  Papadatou, Danai ^a   Giannopoulou, Ioanna ^b   Bitsakou, Paraskevi ^c   Bellali, Thalia ^d   Talias, Michael A ^e   Tselepi, Konstantina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b CAMHS of Peristeri   (Greece)

^c Bereavement Counselling Service   (Greece)

^d ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; FEMALE; FIRE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FIRES; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84857359507     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21656     Document Type: Article

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