Psychological distress associated with domestic violence in Northern Ireland

Current Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-305

  Dorahy, Martin J ^a,b   Lewis, Christopher Alan ^c   Wolfe, Finwell A M ^c  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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