The impact of intimate partner violence and additional traumatic events on trauma symptoms and PTSD in preschool-aged children

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 393-400

  Graham Bermann, Sandra A ^a   Castor, Lana E ^a   Miller, Laura E ^a   Howell, Kathryn H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEXUAL CRIME; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX OFFENSES; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84864753996     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21724     Document Type: Article

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