Personality profiles of women in multiple abusive relationships

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 117-131

  Coolidge, Frederick L ^a   Anderson, Laura W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women; Multiple abusive relationships; Personality disorders; Personality profiles; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036289869     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015005400141     Document Type: Article

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