The mediational role of relationship efficacy and resource utilization in the link between physical and psychological abuse and relationship termination

Violence Against Women

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-88

  Raghavan, Chitra ^a,d   Swan, Suzanne C ^b   Snow, David L ^c,e   Mazure, Carolyn M ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^e Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Efficacy; Relationship status; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11144338214     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801204271514     Document Type: Article

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