Cross-cultural comparisons of child-reported emotional and physical abuse: Rates, risk factors and psychosocial symptoms

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-127

  Sebre, Sandra ^a   Sprugevica, Ieva ^a   Novotni, Antoni ^b   Bonevski, Dimitar ^b   Pakalniskiene, Vilmante ^c   Popescu, Daniela ^d   Turchina, Tatiana ^d   Friedrich, William ^e   Lewis, Owen ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d National Scientific Center for Preventive Medicine   (Moldova)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Emotional abuse; Physical abuse; Psychosocial symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MALE; MOLDOVA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0842329657     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2003.06.004     Document Type: Article

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