Antecedents of abusive personality and abusive behavior in wife assaulters

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-132

  Dutton, Donald G ^a   Starzomski, Andrew ^a   Ryan, Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Personality; Psychopathology; Wife abuse; Wife assault

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030560165     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02336665     Document Type: Article

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