The Hidden Effects of Child Maltreatment in a War Region: Correlates of Psychopathology in Two Generations Living in Northern Uganda

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-41

  Olema, David Kani ^a,c   Catani, Claudia ^b,c   Ertl, Verena ^b,c   Saile, Regina ^b,c   Neuner, Frank ^b,c  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Universität Konstanz und Vivo International EV   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UGANDA; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UGANDA; WAR;

EID: 84893788906     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21892     Document Type: Article

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