Deconstructing PTSD: Traumatic Experiences, Posttraumatic Symptom Clusters, and Mental Health Problems among Delinquent Youth

Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-144

  Kerig, Patricia K ^a   Vanderzee, Karin L ^b   Becker, Stephen P ^b   Ward, Rose Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

delinquency; externalizing; gender mediation; internalizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861412678     PISSN: 19361521     EISSN: 1936153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19361521.2012.671796     Document Type: Article

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