Does the Life History Calendar method facilitate the recall of intimate partner violence? Comparison of two methods of data collection

Social Work Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 151-163

  Yoshihama, Mieko ^a   Gillespie, Brenda ^a   Hammock, Amy C ^a   Belli, Robert F ^b   Tolman, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence; Life course analysis; Life History Calendar method; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444442086     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/29.3.151     Document Type: Article

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