Future research on gender symmetry in physical assaults on partners

Violence Against Women

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1086-1097

  Straus, Murray A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender symmetry; Physical assaults on partners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; STANDARD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRIMARY PREVENTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUPPORT; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33749859897     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801206293335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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