Histories of violent victimization among women who reported unwanted sex in marriages and intimate relationships: Findings from a qualitative study

Violence Against Women

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-52

  Basile, Kathleen C ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Intimate partner; Marriage; Prior victimization; Sexual coercion; Unwanted sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; SPOUSE; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; BATTERED WOMEN; COERCION; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 38749126466     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801207311857     Document Type: Article

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