Narrative analysis of former child soldiers' traumatic experiences

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-97

  O'Callaghan, Paul ^a   Storey, Lesley ^b   Rafferty, Harry ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Child soldiers; Internalisation; Narratives; Traumatic bonding; Traumatic grief

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871464851     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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