Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress and Growth Among Black and White Survivors of Hurricane Katrina: Does Perceived Quality of the Governmental Response Matter?

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 144-157

  Rhodes, Alison M ^a   Tran, Thanh V ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency response; Hurricane Katrina; Natural disaster; Posttraumatic growth; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873271642     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-012-9074-6     Document Type: Article

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