Animal abuse among preadolescents directly and indirectly victimized at school and at home

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-110

  Baldry, Anna C ^a,b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VICTIM;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROME; SCHOOLS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS;

EID: 24044493214     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.42     Document Type: Article

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