Female victims of spousal violence: Factors influencing their level of fearfulness

Family Relations

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 98-106

  DeMaris, Alfred ^a   Swinford, Steven ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fear; Helping networks; Marital rape; Self efficacy; Spousal violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029665917     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/584775     Document Type: Article

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