A theoretical model of continuity in anxiety and links to academic achievement in disaster-exposed school children

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 729-737

  Weems, Carl F ^a   Scott, Brandon G ^a   Taylor, Leslie K ^a   Cannon, Melinda F ^a   Romano, Dawn M ^b   Perry, Andre M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISASTER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SCHOOL; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEW ORLEANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 84880072539     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579413000138     Document Type: Article

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