Parent and child distress after war exposure

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 333-347

  Lai, Betty S ^a   Hadi, Fawzyiah ^b   Llabre, Maria M ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

children; mental health; post traumatic stress; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; WAR;

CHILDREN; MENTAL HEALTH; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS; WAR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84905654682     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: 20448260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12049     Document Type: Article

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