Children's Coping in the Context of Disasters and Terrorism

Journal of Loss and Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-97

  Pfefferbaum, Betty ^a   Noffsinger, Mary A ^b   Wind, Leslie H ^c   Allen, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Courtroom Sciences Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

child development; coping; disasters; resilience; stress; terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885401104     PISSN: 15325024     EISSN: 15325032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15325024.2013.791797     Document Type: Article

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