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Halvorsen, Joar Overaas; Kagee, Ashraf – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
The present study investigated potential predictors of the psychological sequelae of torture among 143 former political activists who had been detained during the apartheid era in South Africa. Using multiple regression analyses, the authors found that the number of times detained for political reasons, negative social support, strong…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Predictor Variables, Risk, Violence