Social status and the desire to resort to violence: Using the example of Uganda's former child soldiers

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 559-575

  Crombach, Anselm ^a   Weierstall, Roland ^a   Hecker, Tobias ^a   Schalinski, Inga ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

aggression; child soldiers; exposure to violence; offender perpetrator; social status; war conflict terrorism

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; APPETITIVE AGGRESSION; APPETITIVE AGGRESSION SCALE; ARMY; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD SOLDIER; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RAPE; REWARD; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLDIER; UGANDA; VIOLENCE; WAR; WAR AFFLICTED COMMUNITY;

EID: 84878566227     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2013.785458     Document Type: Article

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