I'll be working my way back: A qualitative synthesis on the trauma experience of children

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 516-526

  Van Wesel, Floryt ^a   Boeije, Hennie ^a   Alisic, Eva ^b   Drost, Sarah ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

children; posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD; qualitative synthesis; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874074265     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025766     Document Type: Article

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