Developmental Trajectories and Predictors of Prosocial Behavior Among Adolescents Exposed to the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 80-87

  Qin, Yanyun ^a,b   Zhou, Ya ^a   Fan, Fang ^a   Chen, Shijian ^a   Huang, Rong ^a   Cai, Rouna ^a   Peng, Ting ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; CHINA; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; CHINA; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84959574860     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.22064     Document Type: Article

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