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Direct linkJayatilleke, Achini; Poudel, Krishna C.; Sakisaka, Kayako; Yasuoka, Junko; Jayatilleke, Achala Upendra; Jimba, Masamine – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
The authors conducted a community based, cross-sectional study to describe the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) by husbands and the association between wives' attitudes toward gender roles and their experience of IPV in Central Province, Sri Lanka. This article included a representative sample of 624 wives between 15 and 49 years of…
Descriptors: Spouses, Sexual Abuse, Incidence, Sex Role
Catani, Claudia; Gewirtz, Abigail H.; Wieling, Elizabeth; Schauer, Elizabeth; Elbert, Thomas; Neuner, Frank – Child Development, 2010
This study examines the impact of children's exposure to natural disaster against the backdrop of exposure to other traumatic events and psychosocial risks. One thousand three hundred ninety-eight Sri Lankan children aged 9-15 years were interviewed in 4 cross-sectional studies about exposure to traumatic life events related to the war, the…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Family Violence, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Foreign Countries
Samaraweera, Sudath; Sumathipala, Athula; Siribaddana, Sisira; Sivayogan, S.; Bhugra, Dinesh – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2008
Sri Lanka has the one of highest rates of suicide. Important factors associated with suicide were determined via the psychological autopsy approach (which had not been carried out previously in Sri Lanka). Over a 3-month period, in a catchment area, 31 suicides among Sinhalese were identified and 27 were investigated. Males were more likely to…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Alcohol Abuse, Suicide, Foreign Countries
Catani, Claudia; Schauer, Elisabeth; Neuner, Frank – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2008
To date, research on the psychosocial consequences of mass trauma resulting from war and organized violence on children has primarily focused on the individual as the unit of treatment and analysis with particular focus on mental disorders caused by traumatic stress. This body of research has stimulated the development of promising…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, War, Family Violence, Community Services
Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.; de Zoysa, Piyanjali – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2007
The article presents the results of a study on beliefs about wife beating conducted among 476 Sri Lankan medical students. Participants fill out a self-administered questionnaire, which examines six beliefs about wife beating. Most students tend to justify wife beating, to believe women benefit from wife beating, and to believe the wife bears more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Violence, Beliefs, Medical Students
Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.; Tishby, Orya; de Zoysa, Piyanjali – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
The article presents the results of a study on the association between exposure to family violence (i.e., witnessing interparental violence and experiencing parental violence) during childhood and adolescence and adult posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study was conducted among a self-selected convenience sample of 476 students from Sri…
Descriptors: Siblings, Family Violence, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Foreign Countries
Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.; de Zoysa, Piyanjli – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2008
Objectives: The study had two objectives: to examine the rates of exposure to family violence among students in a non-Western society, with Sri Lanka as a case study and to examine the psychological effects of their exposure. Method: Four hundred seventy six medical students in Sri Lanka were surveyed. A self-administered questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Family Violence, Student Attitudes, Safety
