Psychological aspects of perpetrators of domestic violence and their relationships with the victims

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 337-352

  Gortner, E T ^a   Gollan, J K ^a   Jacobson, N S ^a  

^a Center for Clinical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; COGNITION; DRUG ABUSE; EMOTION; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SPOUSE; VICTIM;

EID: 0030916404     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0193-953X(05)70316-6     Document Type: Article

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