Reductions in Marital Violence Following Treatment for Alcohol Dependence

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1113-1131

  Stuart, Gregory L ^a,b   Ramsey, Susan E ^b   Moore, Todd M ^a   Kahler, Christopher W ^a,b   Farrell, Lyette E ^c   Recupero, Patricia Ryan ^c   Brown, Richard A ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Psychiatry ^*

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Alcohol treatment; Intimate partner violence; Marital violence; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 0141707793     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260503255550     Document Type: Article

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