Public attitudes toward reporting partner violence against women and reporting behavior

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 759-768

  Gracia, Enrique ^a   Herrero, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Intimate partnerlmarital abuse; Logistic regression; Social psychology (family); Survey research; Western European families

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745774334     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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