The control motive and marital violence

Violence and Victims

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-407

  Felson, Richard B ^a   Outlaw, Maureen C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Control motive; Gender differences; Intimate partner violence; Marital violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONTROL MOTIVE; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INJURY; JEALOUSY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34547421994     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/088667007781553964     Document Type: Article

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