Beyond individual war trauma: Domestic violence against children in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-176

  Catani, Claudia ^a   Schauer, Elisabeth ^b   Neuner, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Vivo International ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SRI LANKA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAR;

EID: 42449088200     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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