Risk factors for abusive relationships: A study of Vietnamese American immigrant women

Violence Against Women

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 653-675

  Morash, Merry ^a   Bui, Hoan ^b   Yan Zhang, ^c   Holtfreter, Kristy ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant; Vietnamese American; Wife abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BATTERED WOMAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; BATTERED WOMEN; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ENGLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34250799223     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801207302044     Document Type: Article

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