A survey of rate of victimization and attitudes towards physical violence among school-aged children in Turkey

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-31

  Deveci, S E ^a   Acik, Y ^a   Ayar, A ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Children; Physical violence; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; TURKEY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 37349029470     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00756.x     Document Type: Article

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