Battered pets and domestic violence: Animal abuse reported by women experiencing intimate violence and by nonabused women

Violence Against Women

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 354-373

  Ascione, Frank R ^a   Weber, Claudia V ^b   Thompson, Teresa M ^c   Heath, John ^d   Maruyama, Mika ^e   Hayashi, Kentaro ^f  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c Auburn University ^*  (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered pets; Battered women; Pet abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BATTERED WOMEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34147126365     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801207299201     Document Type: Article

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