The effects of childhood physical abuse or childhood sexual abuse in battered women's coping mechanisms: Obsessive-compulsive tendencies and severe depression

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-195

  Miller, Debra K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women; Coping mechanisms; Learned helplessness; Obsessive compulsive tendencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751051162     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-006-9019-1     Document Type: Article

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