Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (Nov 2007)

Post-traumatic stress disorder and exposure to violence among Venda and northern Sotho adolescents

  • K GF Esterhuyse,
  • D A Louw,
  • J M Bach

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v12i2.250
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 2

Abstract

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In this study, two research questions were posed. In the first place, this study investigated the levels of exposure to violence among the adolescents as a total group (Venda- and Northern Sotho-speaking), as well as the exposure levels of the two ethnic groups. Opsomming Twee navorsingsvrae is in hierdie studie gestel. Eerstens het hierdie studie ondersoek ingestel na die vlakke van blootstelling aan geweld onder die groep adolessente as geheel (Venda- en Noord-Sotho-sprekers), asook na die blootstellingsvlakke van die twee etniese groepe. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.