Black women's health: The effect of perceived racism and intimate partner violence

Violence Against Women

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1214-1222

  Waltermaurer, Eve ^a   Watson, Carole Ann ^b   McNutt, Louise Anne ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Perceived racism; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VICTIM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; BATTERED WOMEN; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; NARRATION; NEW YORK; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 33750436253     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801206293545     Document Type: Article

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