Description of a domestic violence measure for Puerto Rican gay males

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 155-173

  Rodríguez Madera, Sheilla ^a,c   Toro Alfonso, José ^b  

^a COPREVI ^*  (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c Comision para la Prevencion de la Violencia ^*  (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Domestic violence; Domestic violence measures; Latino gay men; Same sex domestic violence

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33644691781     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v50n01_08     Document Type: Article

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