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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
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Nilsson, Johanna E.; Brown, Chris; Russell, Emily B.; Khamphakdy-Brown, Supavan – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008
This study examined the relations among acculturation, domestic violence, and mental health in 62 married refugee women from Somalia. Refugees from Somalia constituted the largest group of refugees entering the United States in 2005, and little is known about the presence of domestic violence in this group. The results showed that women who…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Family Violence, Aggression, Females