Violent behavior among adolescents in post-war Lebanon: The role of personal factors and correlation with other problem behaviors

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-46

  Sibai, Tarek ^a   Tohme, Rania A ^b   Beydoun, Hind A ^c   Kanaan, Nabil ^b   Sibai, Abla Mehio ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lebanon; Physical fight; Risk behaviors; Violence; War; Weapon carrying; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; VIOLENCE; WEAPONS;

EID: 66649105905     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdn100     Document Type: Article

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