The role of perceptions and attributions in battered women's intentions to permanently end their violent relationships

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-214

  Pape, Karen T ^a,b   Arias, Ileana ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b Atlanta Addictive Disord P   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Relationship termination; Wife battering

Indexed keywords

BATTERED WOMAN; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM;

EID: 0034022752     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005498109271     Document Type: Review

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