My sassy girl: A qualitative study of women's aggression in dating relationships in Beijing

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 623-638

  Wang, Xiying ^a   Petula, Sik Ying Ho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dating violence; Doing gender; Women's aggression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34147198732     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260506298834     Document Type: Article

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