Child physical abuse and neglect in Kenya, Zambia and the Netherlands: A cross-cultural comparison of prevalence, psychopathological sequelae and mediation by PTSS

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-107

  Mbagaya, Catherine ^a   Oburu, Paul ^a   Bakermans Kranenburg, Marian J ^b  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child physical abuse; Neglect; Psychopathology; PTSS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CRIME; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KENYA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICS; ZAMBIA;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CRIME; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PARENTING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84876329816     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2012.691975     Document Type: Article

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