Ethnic and Cultural Variations in Anger Regulation and Attachment Patterns among Korean American and European American Male Batterers

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-168

  Kim, Irene J ^a   Zane, Nolan W S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger regulation; Attachment; Batterers; Ethnicity; Self construals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BATTERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANGER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; KOREA; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 2442425414     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.10.2.151     Document Type: Article

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