Women who use violence in intimate relationships: The role of anger, victimization, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress and depression

Violence and Victims

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-285

  Swan, Suzanne C ^a   Gambone, Laura J ^a   Fields, Alice M ^a   Sullivan, Tami P ^b   Snow, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Depression; Family violence; Female offenders; Posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 24744452807     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.20.3.267     Document Type: Article

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