Personality profiles of veterans entering treatment for domestic violence

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-274

  Rothschild, Bertram ^a   Dimson, Carolyn ^a,c   Storaasli, Ragnar ^b   Clapp, Lori ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Multivariate research; Personality profiles; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031516550     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022896704136     Document Type: Article

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