Links between traumatic experiences and expectations about the future in high risk youth

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 293-302

  Thompson, Richard ^a   Wiley, Tisha R A ^a   Lewis, Terri ^b   English, Diana J ^c   Dubowitz, Howard ^d   Litrownik, Alan J ^e   Isbell, Patricia ^f   Block, Stephanie ^g  

^a Juvenile Protective Association   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f IL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

future expectations; maltreatment; residential instability; trauma; witnessed violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874055973     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023867     Document Type: Article

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