Do partners agree about abuse in their relationship? A psychometric evaluation of interpartner agreement

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-56

  Moffitt, Terrie E ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^a   Krueger, Robert F ^a   Magdol, Lynn ^a   Margolin, Gayla ^b   Silva, Phil A ^c   Sydney, Ros ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; SPOUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030989510     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.9.1.47     Document Type: Article

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