Exposure to rapid succession disasters: A study of residents at the epicenter of the chilean Bío Bío earthquake

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 545-556

  Garfin, Dana Rose ^a   Silver, Roxane Cohen ^b   Ugalde, Francisco Javier ^c   Linn, Heiko ^c   Inostroza, Manuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Disasters; Earthquakes; Latin America; Posttraumatic stress symptoms; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILE; COMMUNITY CARE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TSUNAMI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILE; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905511683     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037374     Document Type: Article

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