Men's Partner-Directed Insults and Sexual Coercion in Intimate Relationships

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 315-323

  Starratt, Valerie G ^a   Goetz, Aaron T ^b   Shackelford, Todd K ^a   McKibbin, William F ^a   Stewart Williams, Steve ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insults; Intimate relationships; Sexual coercion

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049171633     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-008-9153-z     Document Type: Article

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