Psychological health of military children: Longitudinal evaluation of a family-centered prevention program to enhance family resilience

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 838-845

  Lester, Patricia ^a   Stein, Judith A ^a   Saltzman, William ^a   Woodward, Kirsten ^b   Macdermid, Shelley W ^c   Milburn, Norweeta ^a   Mogil, Catherine ^a   Beardslee, William ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b United States Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PARENTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881534385     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00502     Document Type: Article

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