Through Black eyes: African American women's constructions of their experiences with intimate male partner violence

Violence Against Women

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1420-1440

  Nash, Shondrah Tarrezz ^a  

^a MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Intimate partner violence; Social construction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMEN; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 27744445614     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801205280272     Document Type: Article

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