"If it hurts you, then it is not a joke": Adolescents' ideas about girls' and boys' use and experience of abusive behavior in dating relationships

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1191-1207

  Sears, Heather A ^a   Byers, E Sandra ^a   Whelan, John J ^a   Saint Pierre, Marcelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dating violence; Focus groups; Physical abuse; Psychological abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; CANADA; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS;

EID: 33746485095     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260506290423     Document Type: Article

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