Female-perpetrated intimate partner violence and romantic attachment style in a college student sample

Violence and Victims

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-302

  Orcutt, Holly K ^a   Garcia, Marilyn ^a   Pickett, Scott M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female aggression; Intimate partner violence; Romantic attachment style

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 24744443506     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.20.3.287     Document Type: Article

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