Gender attitudes and violence among urban adolescent boys in India

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-112

  Das, Madhumita ^a   Ghosh, Sancheeta ^a   Verma, Ravi ^a   O'Connor, Brian ^b   Fewer, Sara ^c   Virata, Maria Catrina ^d   Miller, Elizabeth ^d  

^a International Center for Research on Women   (India)

^b Futures Without Violence   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

coaches; exposure to violence; gender equity; Gender based violence; sports; violence against women; violence perpetration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899056706     PISSN: 02673843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673843.2012.716762     Document Type: Article

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