Association Between Parents' PTSD Severity and Children's Psychological Distress: A Meta-Analysis

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-17

  Lambert, Jessica E ^a   Holzer, Jessica ^a   Hasbun, Amber ^a  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; DISASTER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WAR;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DISASTERS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HUMANS; PARENTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAR;

EID: 84893804600     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21891     Document Type: Article

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