Adolescent understandings of political violence and psychological well-being: A qualitative study from Bosnia Herzegovina

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1351-1371

  Jones, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bosnia Herzegovina; Political violence; Psychological well being; PTSD

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; COMMUNITY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE; WAR; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CATHOLICISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ISLAM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 0036804992     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00275-1     Document Type: Article

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