Living with the sins of their fathers: An analysis of self-representation of adolescents born of war rape

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 359-386

  Erjavec, Karmen ^a   Volčič, Zala ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethnic issues; Identity issues; Self image; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950313374     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558410361373     Document Type: Article

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