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Helping children cope with disasters and terrorism
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- Creator
- edited by Annette M. La Greca ... [and others]
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2002
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 446 pages ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781557989147, 1557989141
- OCLC
- ocm49011303
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Children experiencing disasters: definitions, reactions, and predictors of outcomes. -- Assessment of children and adolescents exposed to disaster. -- Intervention approaches following disasters. -- Multicultural issues in the response of children to disasters. -- Natural disasters: introduction. -- Hurricanes and earthquakes. -- Wilderness area and wildfire disasters: insights from a child and adolescent screening program. -- Floods. -- Residential fires. -- Human-made and technological disasters: introduction. -- Toxic waste spills and nuclear accidents. -- Mass transportation disasters. -- Dam break: long-term follow-up of children exposed to the Buffalo Creek disaster. -- The traumatic impact of motor vehicle accidents. -- Acts of violence: introduction. -- Shootings, hostage takings, and children. -- The aftermath of terrorism. -- Children under stress of ware. -- Children's exposure ot community violence. -- Conclusions and implications. -- Children and disasters: future directions for research and public policy
Subjects
- Psychic trauma in children.
- Disasters -- Psychological aspects.
- Terrorism -- Psychological aspects.
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic.
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- Child.
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- Stress, Psychological.
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- Adaptation, Psychological.
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- Disasters.
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- Terrorism -- psychology.
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