Effects of South African men's having witnessed abuse of their mothers during childhood on their levels of violence in adulthood

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1811-1816

  Abrahams, Naeemah ^a   Jewkes, Rachel ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRIME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANGER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FIREARMS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOUSE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 25444510046     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.035006     Document Type: Article

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