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Peer reviewedSack, William H.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Interviewed 170 Cambodian refugee youth and 80 of their mothers living in Portland, Oregon, regarding posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the stress of war, resettlement, and recent life events. A consistent relationship between earlier war trauma, resettlement stress, and symptoms of PTSD was found. In contrast, the strongest relationship to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Cambodians, Mothers
Download full textWest, Cheryl D. – 2000
This qualitative study investigated individual, contextual, and cultural factors that promote trauma-related resilience and positive growth among Cambodian survivors of the Pol Pot regime who reside in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and Lowell, Massachusetts. A thriving paradigm framed semi-structured interviews that were conducted with 21 Cambodians in…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Attitude Measures, Cambodians, Coping
