The association between attachment and mental health symptoms among school-going adolescents in northern Uganda: The moderating role of war-related trauma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Okello, James ^a,b,c   Nakimuli Mpungu, Etheldreda ^a   Musisi, Seggane ^a   Broekaert, Eric ^c   Derluyn, Ilse ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST FOR ADOLESCENT; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MALE; PARENTAL ATTACHMENT; PEER ATTACHMENT; PEER GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; UGANDA; WAR; DEMOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT RELATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WARFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UGANDA; WARFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897569072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088494     Document Type: Article

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