TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescents discuss their reactions to the September 11 attacks
AU - Pfefferbaum, Betty
AU - North, Carol S
AU - Pollio, David E.
AU - Wallace, Nancy E.
AU - Jeon-Slaughter, Haekyung
N1 - Funding Information:
Received 1 March 2006; accepted 27 March 2006. This research was supported by National Institute of Mental Health grants MH40025 and MH068853 to Carol S. North. Address correspondence to Betty Pfefferbaum, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 920 Stanton L. Young Blvd., WP-3470, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA. E-mail: betty-pfefferbaum@ouhsc.edu
PY - 2006/12/1
Y1 - 2006/12/1
N2 - A focus group of New York City adolescents was conducted 21 months after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to examine their emotional responses to the incidents. The adolescents had vivid memories of the attacks and articulated their reactions, their perspectives on the potential motives for the attacks, and their concerns about ongoing danger. Impressive was the maturity and thoughtfulness of their discourse, which revealed their efforts to process and integrate the events and a realization that their world had changed.
AB - A focus group of New York City adolescents was conducted 21 months after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to examine their emotional responses to the incidents. The adolescents had vivid memories of the attacks and articulated their reactions, their perspectives on the potential motives for the attacks, and their concerns about ongoing danger. Impressive was the maturity and thoughtfulness of their discourse, which revealed their efforts to process and integrate the events and a realization that their world had changed.
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U2 - 10.1080/15325020600719201
DO - 10.1080/15325020600719201
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33746807634
SN - 1532-5024
VL - 11
SP - 425
EP - 438
JO - Journal of Loss and Trauma
JF - Journal of Loss and Trauma
IS - 5
ER -