Anger expression, negative life events and violent behaviour among male college students in Ethiopia

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 538-545

  Gelaye, Bizu ^a   Philpart, Marc ^a   Fitzpatrick, Annette L ^a   Williams, Michelle A ^a   Goshu, Miruts ^b   Berhane, Yemane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anger expression; negative life events; violent behaviour

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT;

ANGER; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COVARIANCE; DRUG USE; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIOLENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANGER; CATHA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 47949091664     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494807086916     Document Type: Article

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