Abuse characteristics and coping resources as predictors of problem-focused coping strategies among battered women

Violence Against Women

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 437-456

  Sabina, Chiara ^a   Tindale, R Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Battered women; Coping; Resources

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 41249090440     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208314831     Document Type: Article

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