"For us it is like living in the dark": Ethiopian women's experiences with domestic violence

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 922-940

  Sullivan, Marianne ^a   Senturia, Kirsten ^a,b   Negash, Tigist ^a   Shiu Thornton, Sharyne ^b,c   Giday, Beruke ^a  

^a Public Health Seattle and King County ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Ethiopian; Immigrant; Women

Indexed keywords

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

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

EID: 22944475800     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260505277678     Document Type: Review

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