Beyond frequency and severity: Development and validation of the Brief Coercion and Conflict Scales

Violence Against Women

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1050-1072

  Cook, Sarah L ^a   Goodman, Lisa A ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coercion and Conflict Scale; Intimate partner violence; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; COERCION; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 33749857270     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801206293333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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