Development and initial validation of a scale to measure emotional abuse among school children aged 13-15 years in Sri Lanka

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1087-1099

  Fernandopulle, Sudarshini ^a,b   Fernando, Dulitha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b Family Health Bureau   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Development of a scale; Emotional abuse; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SRI LANKA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0242383528     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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