Self-directed and interpersonal male violence in adolescence and young adulthood: A 30-year follow up of a Stockholm cohort

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-30

  Rojas, Yerko ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Male violence; Relative deprivation; Social comparison; Social connectedness; Wilkinson

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRIME; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CRIME; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84856215881     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01359.x     Document Type: Article

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