What we know about intimate partner violence in the middle East and North Africa

Violence Against Women

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-70

  Boy, Angie ^a   Kulczycki, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Middle East and North Africa; Prevalence and attitudes

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; COERCION; CRIME VICTIMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES;

EID: 38749151008     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801207311860     Document Type: Article

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