A Path Model of Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence among Couples in the United States

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-142

  Schafer, John ^b   Caetano, Raul ^a   Cunradi, Carol B ^c  

^a University of Texas at   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Predictors of intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347933019     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260503260244     Document Type: Article

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