Delinquency in incarcerated male adolescents is associated with single parenthood, exposure to more violence at home and in the community, and poorer self-image

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 460-468

  Erdelja, Stanislava ^a   Vokal, Petra ^b   Bolfan, Marija ^b   Erdelja, Sergej Augustin ^a   Begovac, Branka ^b   Begovac, Ivan ^b  

^a Center for social welfare   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY VIOLENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELINQUENCY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIA VIOLENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL VIOLENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PARENT; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 84888405570     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2013.54.460     Document Type: Article

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