A Comparison of the effects of witnessing community violence and direct victimization among children in Cape Town, South Africa

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1192-1208

  Shields, Nancy ^a   Nadasen, Kathy ^b   Pierce, Lois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Community violence; Psychological distress; Victimization; Witnessing violence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 70349322709     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508322184     Document Type: Article

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