Unaccompanied refugee minors' early life narratives of physical abuse from caregivers and teachers in their home countries

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 148-159

  Skårdalsmo Bjørgo, Envor M ^a   Jensen, Tine K ^a,b  

^a Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attributions; Child physical abuse; Interpersonal violence; Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis; Unaccompanied asylum seeking children; Unaccompanied refugee minors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ERITREA; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; REFUGEE; SCHOOL STRESS; SRI LANKA; TEACHER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MINOR (PERSON); PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; UNIVERSITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CAREGIVERS; CHILD ABUSE; ERITREA; FACULTY; FATHERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MINORS; NARRATION; NORWAY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PHYSICAL ABUSE; REFUGEES; SCHOOLS; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954197618     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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