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Peer reviewedMasser, Diane S. – Child Welfare, 1992
Examined stress factors affecting 4- to 18-year-old Central American refugee children living in Los Angeles. Factors included children's witnessing of war violence; children's separation from their caregiver; and abuse and family problems. Found that the incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder increased with a combination of stressors. (SM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Children, Individual Needs
