Sociodemographic predictors and cultural barriers to help-seeking behavior by latina and anglo american battered women

Violence and Victims

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 361-375

  West, Carolyn M ^a   Kantor, Glenda Kaufman ^b   Jasinski, Jana L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PREDICTION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0032448925     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.13.4.361     Document Type: Article

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