The effects of perceived availability of social support on psychological symp tomatology following a natural disaster were studied in a sample of victims of a major flood in Roanoke, Virginia. Ninety-six subjects were administered questionnaires that measured self-reported levels of depression, anxi
Social support and psychological symptomatology following a natural disaster
โ Scribed by Jerome D. Cook; Leonard Bickman
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 908 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-9867
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