Negative affect predicts adults' ratings of the current, but not childhood, impact of adverse childhood events

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 560-566

  Lanoue, Marianna ^a   Graeber, David A ^b   Helitzer, Deborah L ^b   Fawcett, Jan ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Attributions; Childhood maltreatment; Life stress; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84884533795     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-012-9511-4     Document Type: Article

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