Attitudes of Arab women toward different patterns of coping with wife abuse

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 721-745

  Haj Yahia, Muhammad M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0036308199     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260502017007002     Document Type: Article

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