Children and war: Risk, resilience, and recovery

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 553-558

  Werner, Emmy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIOLENCE; WAR;

CHILD; FAMILY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 84859887542     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579412000156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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