Attachment theory and violence toward women by male intimate partners

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 353-360

  McClellan, Ann C ^a,c   Killeen, Maureen Reed ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Inter generational transmission of violence; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 0034565691     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2000.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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