Beyond Survival: Reclaiming Self after Leaving an Abusive Male Partner

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 79-94

  Wuest, Judith ^a   Merritt Gray, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DIVORCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; FREEDOM; GENDER IDENTITY; GUILT; HUMAN; LOVE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSE; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; DIVORCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; FREEDOM; GENDER IDENTITY; GUILT; HUMANS; LOVE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0035295814     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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