Help-seeking and coping strategies for intimate partner violence in rural and urban women

Violence and Victims

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-181

  Shannon, Lisa ^a,b   Logan, T K ^a   Cole, Jennifer ^a   Medley, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Partner violence; Perceptions of help; Resource use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646370469     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.21.2.167     Document Type: Article

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