Aggression and dominance: The roles of power and culture in domestic violence

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 409-423

  Malik, Neena M ^a,b   Lindahl, Kristin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Domestic violence; Etiology; Relationship power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000859450     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.1998.tb00164.x     Document Type: Article

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