Prevalence of child psychological, physical, emotional and ritualistic abuse among high school students in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Psychological Reports

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 431-444

  Madu, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SYMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS;

EID: 0035495994     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.89.2.431     Document Type: Article

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