Measuring spousal violence with the Conflict Tactics Scale notes on reliability and validity issues

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 572-585

  Schafer, John ^a  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

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EID: 0030495763     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088626096011004008     Document Type: Article

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