Maltreatment and coping strategies among male adolescents living in the Gaza Strip

• Published in: Child abuse & neglect Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 77 - 91
• Main Authors: Thabet, Abdel Aziz Mousa, Tischler, Victoria, Vostanis, Panos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 2004; New York, NY Elsevier; Elsevier Science; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Abuse; Adaptation, Psychological; Adjustment; Adolescent; Adolescent boys; Adolescents; Adult; At Risk Persons; Behavior; Behavior Problems; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child Abuse; Child abuse & neglect; Child Abuse - psychology; Child maltreatment; Child psychology; Coping; Coping strategies; Emotional Abuse; Emotional Problems; Emotional-Behavioural problems; Emotionally Disturbed; Foreign Countries; Gaza Strip; Humans; Israel; Male; Males; Maltreatment; Medical sciences; Mental Health; Middle East; Palestinian; Palestinian people; Palestinians; Psychological aspects; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Questionnaires; Teenagers; Victimology; Vocational Education Teachers; Gaza Strip; Middle East; Abuse; Mental health; Maltreatment; Behavior; Coping; Adolescents; Palestinian; Human; Context; War; Victimology; Child abuse; Arab countries; Adolescent; Risk factor; Mental disorder; Strategy

Objective: To establish the nature and extent of maltreatment experiences, coping strategies, and behavioral/emotional problems, and their relationships, in a sample of Palestinian adolescents. Method: A study of 97 male adolescents aged 15–19 years, and attending a vocational training center based...