Psychological health and coping strategy among survivors in the year following the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 210-219

  Xu, Jiuping ^a   He, Yuan ^a,b  

^a Department of Management Science and System Science   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

coping strategy; psychological well being; stress; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FANTASY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SHORT FORM 12; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; EARTHQUAKES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859023820     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2012.02331.x     Document Type: Review

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