The impact of gender role ideology, male expectancies, and acculturation on wife abuse

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 549-564

  Firestone, Juanita M ^a   Harris, Richard J ^a   Vega, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPECTANCY; FAMILY; GENDER; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SEX ROLE;

EID: 0142249278     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(03)00086-4     Document Type: Article

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