Psychological health in midlife among women who have ever lived with a violent partner or spouse

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1092-1107

  Loxton, Deborah ^a   Schofield, Margot ^b,d,e,f   Hussain, Rafat ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA)   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence; Psychological health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SURVIVOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33745832307     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260506290290     Document Type: Article

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