Identifying intimate partner violence: Comparing the Chinese abuse assessment screen with the Chinese revised conflict tactics scales

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1065-1071

  Tiwari, A ^a   Fong, D Y T ^a   Chan, K L ^b   Leung, W C ^c   Parker, B ^d   Ho, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse assessment screen; Chinese; Intimate partner violence; Revised conflict tactics scale

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 34547842760     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01441.x     Document Type: Article

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