Adolescent Girls in Colombia's Guerrilla: An Exploration into Gender and Trauma Dynamics

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-38

  Hernández, Pilar ^a   Romero, Amanda ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American Friends Committee   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Gender; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CONTRACEPTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; GUERILLA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 0242578499     PISSN: 10852352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J005v26n01_03     Document Type: Article

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