Factors Associated with Domestic Violence in Low-Income Lebanese Families

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 357-362

  Keenan, Colleen K ^a   El Hadad, Ayam ^b   Balian, Sossy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Box 956919 ^*

Author keywords

Abuse; Conflict management; Family process

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEBANON; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN;

EID: 0032240168     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1998.tb01333.x     Document Type: Article

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