Determinants of witnessed parental physical violence among university students in transitional Albania

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-30

  Burazeri, Genc ^a,b   Qirjako, Gentiana ^b   Roshi, Enver ^b   Brand, Helmut ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Albania; muslim; patriarchal society; physical violence; students; transitional post communist country; witnessed parental violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TIME; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBANIA; CAPITALISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENTS; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIALISM; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952171938     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdq034     Document Type: Article

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