Women's motives for violent and nonviolent behaviors in conflicts

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1043-1065

  Weston, Rebecca ^a   Marshall, Linda L ^b   Coker, Ann L ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Female perpetration; Low income; Partner violence; Race ethnicity; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VICTIM;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 34547176705     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260507303191     Document Type: Article

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