Effects of maternal traumatic distress on family functioning and child mental health: An examination of Southeast Asian refugee families in the U.S

The psychological effects of trauma are well-documented among refugee adults and children alone, yet less research has attended to the intergenerational transmission of trauma within refugee families. Additionally, there is considerable diversity between refugee populations as well as within-group v...

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Published in:	Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 184; pp. 178 - 186
Main Authors:	Sangalang, Cindy C., Jager, Justin, Harachi, Tracy W.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2017 Pergamon Press Inc
Subjects:	Adolescents Adults Asian Continental Ancestry Group - ethnology Asian Continental Ancestry Group - psychology Asian people Behavior problems Child & adolescent mental health Child Health - standards Children Childrens health Criminality Deviance Ethnicity Families & family life Family Family relations Family Relations - ethnology Family Relations - psychology Family school relationship Female Females Health behavior Health problems Health status Humans Intergenerational relationships Intergenerational transmission Intergenerational transmission of trauma Juvenile delinquency Mental depression Mental health Mental health services Mothers Mothers - psychology Multiculturalism & pluralism Nativity Parent-child relations Parents & parenting Personality disorders Post traumatic stress disorder Psychological aspects Psychological distress Psychological trauma Psychometrics - instrumentation Psychometrics - methods Refugees Refugees - psychology Southeast asians Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - complications Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - ethnology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology Structural equation modeling Surveys and Questionnaires Symptoms Trauma Treatment outcomes United States - ethnology Women United States > US Ethnicity Mental health Southeast asians Family Nativity Refugees Intergenerational transmission of trauma
ISSN:	0277-9536, 1873-5347, 1873-5347
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