Women's use of physical and nonphysical self-defense strategies during incidents of partner violence

Violence Against Women

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-45

  Downs, William R ^a   Rindels, Barb ^a   Atkinson, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Partner violence; Self defense; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUNAWAY BEHAVIOR; SELF CARE; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; BATTERED WOMEN; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MOTIVATION; NEGOTIATING; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUNAWAY BEHAVIOR; SELF CARE; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33845547269     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801206294807     Document Type: Article

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