The abuse disability questionnaire: Internal consistency and validity considerations in two samples

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-45

  McNamara, John R ^a   Fields, Scott A ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse disability questionnaire; Internal consistency; Validity considerations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035626050     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026524409148     Document Type: Article

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