Effects of time and an educational presentation on student attitudes toward wife-beating

Violence and Victims

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-157

  O'Neal, Margaret F ^a   Dorn, Patricia Wenzler ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BATTERED WOMAN; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HUMAN; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 0031770462     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.13.2.149     Document Type: Article

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