Treatment of wife abuse: A comparison of gender-specific and conjoint approaches

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 475-505

  O'Leary, K Daniel ^a   Heyman, Richard E ^b   Neidig, Peter H ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University New York ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; BATTERED WOMAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; RESPONSIBILITY; SAFETY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033505149     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7894(99)80021-5     Document Type: Article

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