Relationship between two types of help seeking behavior in domestic violence victims

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 271-279

  Hollenshead, Jean H ^a   Dai, Yong ^a   Ragsdale, Mary Katherine ^a   Massey, Erin ^a   Scott, Rachel ^a  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Help seeking; Intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750533155     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-006-9021-7     Document Type: Article

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