Preliminary report on the accountability scale: A change and outcome measure for intimate partner violence research

Violence and Victims

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 515-531

  Costa, Daniela M ^a   Canady, Brittany ^a   Babcock, Julia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Domestic violence intervention; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY SCALE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 36348989671     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/088667007782312177     Document Type: Article

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