Child sexual abuse and its relationship with health risk behaviors among rural children and adolescents in Hunan, China

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 680-687

  Lin, Danhua ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^b   Fan, Xinghua ^a   Fang, Xiaoyi ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; China; Health risk behaviors; Rural adolescents

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 80053597054     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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