It takes two to tangle: Gender symmetry in intimate partner violence

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-118

  Robertson, Kirsten ^a   Murachver, Tamar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 34250823461     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973530701331247     Document Type: Article

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