Associations between attitudes toward violence and intimate partner violence in South Africa and Tanzania

Violence and Victims

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 324-340

  Wubs, Annegreet Gera ^a   Aarø, Leif Edvard ^a,b   Mathews, Catherine ^c   Onya, Hans E ^d   Mbwambo, Jessie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^e School of Pharmacy   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attitudes; Behavior; HIV; Intimate partner violence; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TANZANIA; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84894107511     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.11-063     Document Type: Article

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