Journal article
Child Abuse, Psychiatric Disorder, and Running Away in a Community Sample of Women
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Studies involving clinical samples of adolescents indicate that running away is a common problem associated with substantial emotional impairment, yet little information is available from community-based samples. This study aimed to investigate runaway behaviour in female adolescents with and without a history of maltreatment in childhood.
METHOD: We analyzed data from a province-wide community survey conducted in Ontario (n = 3760 …
Authors
Andres-Lemay VJ; Jamieson E; MacMillan HL
Journal
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 50, No. 11, pp. 684–689
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
October 2005
DOI
10.1177/070674370505001107
ISSN
0706-7437