The benefits of aggressive traits: A study with current and former street children in Burundi

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1041-1050

  Crombach, Anselm ^a,b,c   Elbert, Thomas ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b University Lumiére of Bujumbura   (Burundi)

^c Universität Konstanz und Vivo International EV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appetitive aggression; Burundi; Reactive aggression; Resilience against PTSD; Street children; Violent behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BURUNDI; CHILD; COMMUNITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; HUMAN; MALE; ORPHANED CHILD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; OFFENDER; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; BURUNDI; CHILD; CRIMINALS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902545542     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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