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

K GF Esterhuyse, D A Louw, J M Bach
Health SA Gesondheid | Vol 12, No 2 | a250 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v12i2.250 | © 2007 K GF Esterhuyse, D A Louw, J M Bach | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 12 November 2007 | Published: 12 November 2007

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K GF Esterhuyse, University of the Free State, South Africa
D A Louw, University of the Free State, South Africa
J M Bach, University of the Free State, South Africa

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Abstract

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.

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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.

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