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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
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
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
