African American women's readiness to change abusive relationships

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 161-171

  Bliss, Melanie J ^a   Ogley Oliver, Emma ^b   Jackson, Emily ^c   Harp, Sharon ^d   Kaslow, Nadine J ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; African American; IPV; Stages of change; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749016878     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-007-9138-3     Document Type: Article

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