Dominance and domestic abuse among Mexican Americans: Gender differences in the etiology of violence in intimate relationships

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 315-340

  Sugihara, Yoko ^a   Warner, Judith Ann ^b  

^a Miyazaki International College   (Japan)

^b TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CTS2; Intimate abuse; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036391754     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020318532350     Document Type: Article

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