Relationship violence in young adulthood: A comparison of daters, cohabitors, and marrieds

Social Science Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-87

  Brown, Susan L ^a   Bulanda, Jennifer Roebuck ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Dating; Gender; Marriage; Violence; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149142842     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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