Physical aggression and depressive symptoms: Gender asymmetry in effects?

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 341-360

  Beach, Steven R H ^a,c   Kim, Sooyeon ^a,b   Cercone Keeney, Jennifer ^a   Gupta, Maya ^a   Arias, Ileana ^a   Brody, Gene H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^c University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Depression; Intimate partner violence; Marital satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542530782     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407504042836     Document Type: Article

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