Battered woman syndrome: Empirical findings

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1087, Issue , 2006, Pages 142-157

  Walker, Lenore E A ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS); Hyperarousal; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Indexed keywords

BATTERED WOMAN; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUALITY; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; LIFE EVENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; SYNDROME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RUSSIA; SPAIN; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34447506426     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1385.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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