Mental health of Aboriginal children and adolescents in violent school environments: Protective mediators of violence and psychological/nervous disorders

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-78

  Kaspar, Violet ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Adolescent; Canada; Child; Culture; Mental health; Parents; Peers; School violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; STUDENT; VIOLENCE;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BATTERING; CANADIAN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEER GROUP; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE;

CANADA;

METIS;

EID: 84874319676     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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