Secondary traumatization among former prisoners of wars' adult children: The mediating role of parental bonding

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 162-178

  Zerach, Gadi ^a   Aloni, Roy ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

ex POWs' adult children; parental bonding; posttraumatic stress disorder; prisoners of war; secondary traumatization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ADULT CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER OF WAR; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PRISONERS OF WAR; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921029712     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2014.923097     Document Type: Article

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