"Like a bird in a cage" Vietnamese women survivors talk about domestic violence

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 959-976

  Shiu Thornton, Sharyne ^a,c   Senturia, Kirsten ^a,b   Sullivan, Marianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Public Health Seattle and King County ^*  (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural understanding; Culture specific strategies; Domestic violence; Refugee women and acculturation; Vietnamese refugee women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BATTERED WOMAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF HELP; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIET NAM; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; AGED; BATTERED WOMEN; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 22944466663     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260505277677     Document Type: Review

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