War trauma lingers on: Associations between maternal posttraumatic stress disorder, parent-child interaction, and child development

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 459-468

  van Ee, Elisa ^a   Kleber, Rolf J ^b   Mooren, Trudy T M ^a  

^a Foundation Center '45   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL STRESS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TORTURE; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 84865711561     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21324     Document Type: Article

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