Experience of maltreatment as a child and acceptance of violence in adult intimate relationships: Mediating effects of distortions in cognitive schemas

Violence and Victims

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-108

  Ponce, Allison N ^a   Williams, Michelle K ^a   Allen, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 2442677668     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.19.1.97.33235     Document Type: Article

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