Partner aggressive women: Characteristics and treatment attrition

Violence and Victims

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-233

  Dowd, Lynn S ^a   Leisring, Penny A ^b   Rosenbaum, Alan ^c  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Characteristics; Domestic violence; Partner agression; Treatment; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COURT; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 22944450898     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.2005.20.2.219     Document Type: Article

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