Children's Postdisaster Trajectories of PTS Symptoms: Predicting Chronic Distress

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 351-369

  La Greca, Annette M ^a   Lai, Betty S ^a   Llabre, Maria M ^a   Silverman, Wendy K ^b   Vernberg, Eric M ^c   Prinstein, Mitchell J ^d  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Natural disasters; Posttraumatic stress; Resilience; Trajectories; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880067860     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-013-9206-1     Document Type: Article

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