Group treatment for aggressive women: An initial evaluation

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 341-349

  Tutty, Leslie M ^a   Babins Wagner, Robbie ^b   Rothery, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Calgary Counselling Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggressive women; Evaluation; Group intervention; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750988492     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-006-9030-6     Document Type: Article

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