The effect of persistent posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms on executive functions in preadolescent children witnessing a single incident of death

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 241-252

  Park, Subin ^a   Kim, Bung Nyun ^a   Choi, Nam Hee ^b   Ryu, Jeong ^c   McDermott, Brett ^d   Cobham, Vanessa ^d   Song, Sook Hyung ^a   Kim, Jae Won ^a   Shin, Min Sup ^a   Yoo, Hee Jeong ^a   Cho, Soo Churl ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul Institute for Narrative Studies   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

cognition; Comprehensive Attention Test; function; preadolescent children; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897026452     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2013.853049     Document Type: Article

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