Power, control, and intimate partner sexual violence in Haiti

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-24

  Gage, Anastasia J ^a   Hutchinson, Paul L ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Haiti; Relationship power; Sexual violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33646459536     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-8991-0     Document Type: Article

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