College women who initiate assaults on their male partners and the reasons offered for such behavior

Psychological Reports

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 583-590

  Fiebert, Martin S ^a   Gonzalez, Denise M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SPOUSE ABUSE; STUDENTS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031109982     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.80.2.583     Document Type: Article

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