Children and Mothers in War: An Outcome Study of a Psychosocial Intervention Program.

Dybdahl, Ragnhild

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ERIC Number: EJ641703

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Publication Date: 2001

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Children and Mothers in War: An Outcome Study of a Psychosocial Intervention Program.

Dybdahl, Ragnhild

Child Development, v72 n4 p1214-30 Jul-Aug 2001

Evaluated effects on children in Bosnia and Herzegovina of a 5-month psychosocial intervention program of weekly group meetings for mothers. Found that although all participants were exposed to severe trauma, their distress varied considerably. The intervention program had a positive effect on mothers' mental health, children's weight gain, and several measures of children's psychosocial functioning and mental health. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Emotional Adjustment, Foreign Countries, Individual Differences, Intervention, Mental Health, Mothers, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Social Adjustment, War

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina

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