Personality Profiles and Psychopathology Among Students Exposed to Dating Violence at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 168-190

  Boladale, Mapayi ^a   Yetunde, Oladimeji ^a   Adesanmi, Akinsulore ^a   Olutayo, Aloba ^a   Olanrewaju, Ibigbami ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b State Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

dating violence; domestic violence; mental health and violence; violence exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COURTSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NIGERIA; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COURTSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NIGERIA; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911917927     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260514532718     Document Type: Article

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