Community and coping of mothers and grandmothers of children killed in a human-caused disaster

Authors
Allen, JR Whittlesey, S Pfefferbaum, B Ondersma, ML
Citation
Jr. Allen et al., Community and coping of mothers and grandmothers of children killed in a human-caused disaster, PSYCHIAT AN, 29(2), 1999, pp. 85
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
PSYCHIATRIC ANNALS
ISSN journal
00485713 → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0048-5713(199902)29:2<85:CACOMA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
In this article, the authors report the common themes and coping mechanisms of a group of mothers and grandmothers whose children were killed in the d aycare center of the bombed Murrah Building in Oklahoma City. They also exa mine the community these women formed.