Empowerment and physical violence throughout women's reproductive life in Mexico

Violence Against Women

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 655-677

  Castro, Roberto ^a   Casique, Irene ^a   Brindis, Claire D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Mexico; Relationship autonomy; Relationship empowerment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 44849109741     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208319102     Document Type: Article

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