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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
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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