Gender symmetry in prevalence, severity, and chronicity of physical aggression against dating partners by university students in Mexico and USA

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 281-290

  Straus, Murray A ^a   Ramirez, Ignacio Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assault; Cross cultural; Measure; Mutual violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COURTSHIP; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; COURTSHIP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TEXAS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34547452297     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20199     Document Type: Article

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