Couples' communication behaviors as predictors of dropout and treatment response in wife abuse treatment programs

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-189

  Heyman, Richard E ^a   Brown, Pamela D ^b   Feldbau Kohn, Shari R ^b   O'Leary, K Daniel ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREDICTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033403816     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7894(99)80002-1     Document Type: Article

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