Abusive partners and ex-prtners: Understanding the effects of relationship to the abuser on women's well-being

Violence Against Women

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 950-969

  Theran, Sally A ^a   Sullivan, Cris M ^b   Bogat, G Anne ^b   Stewart, Cheryl Sutherland ^c  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Scottish Women's Aid   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Emotional abuse; Physical abuse; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33748500000     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801206292871     Document Type: Article

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