Loneliness and intimate partner violence: Antecedents of alienation of abused women

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-31

  Rokach, Ami ^a  

^a Institute for the Study and Treatment of Psychosocial Stress   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abuse; Domestic; Loneliness; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMAN; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CRIME; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMEN; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CRIME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 34548134906     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v45n01_02     Document Type: Article

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