Reducing gender role conflict among men attending partner abuse prevention groups

Journal for Specialists in Group Work

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 355-369

  Schwartz, Jonathan P ^a   Waldo, Michael ^b  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Gender; Group; Partner abuse; Therapeutic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244442119     PISSN: 01933922     EISSN: 15496295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714860173     Document Type: Article

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