Gender Differences in the Connections between Violence Experienced as a Child and Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence in Young Adulthood

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 303-313

  Fang, Xiangming ^a   Corso, Phaedra S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Gender differences; Intimate partner violence; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049182997     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-008-9152-0     Document Type: Article

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