Does men's positivity moderate or mediate the effects of their abuse on women's relationship quality?

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 17, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 660-675

  Marshall, Linda L ^a   Weston, Rebecca ^a   Honeycutt, Todd C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Domestic violence; Ethnicity; Low socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034409118     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407500174010     Document Type: Article

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