Adolescents' experiences of coping with domestic violence

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1232-1245

  Lepistö, Sari ^a   Åstedt Kurki, Päivi ^a,b   Joronen, Katja ^a   Luukkaala, Tiina ^b,c   Paavilainen, Eija ^a,d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^d Director of Nursing Hospital District of Etelä Pohjanmaa   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Coping; Domestic violence; School nursing; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77952831890     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05289.x     Document Type: Article

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