Acculturation and reported intimate partner violence among Latinas in Los Angeles

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 569-590

  Garcia, Lorena ^a   Hurwitz, Eric L ^b   Kraus, Jess F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Interpersonal violence; Latinos

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 17444377877     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260504271582     Document Type: Article

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