Comparing three measures of psychological aggression: Psychometric properties and differentiation from negative communication

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 575-586

  Ro, Eunyoe ^a   Lawrence, Erika ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Psychological aggression; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547781667     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-007-9109-8     Document Type: Article

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