"Women must endure according to their karma": Cambodian immigrant women talk about domestic violence

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 902-921

  Bhuyan, Rupaleem ^a,b   Mell, Molly ^b   Senturia, Kirsten ^a,b   Sullivan, Marianne ^b   Shiu Thornton, Sharyne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Refugee Women's Alliance ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cambodian immigrant women; Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence; Participatory action research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMAN; CAMBODIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMEN; CAMBODIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 22944493001     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260505277675     Document Type: Review

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