A web in the patriarchal clan system : Tactics of intimate partners in the Japanese sociocultural context

Violence Against Women

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1236-1262

  Yoshihama, Mieko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Entrapment; Japanese patriarchal clan system; Patriarchy; Sociocultural context

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; STANDARD; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADULT; AGED; BATTERED WOMEN; CRIME VICTIMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 26444589092     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801205280179     Document Type: Article

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