Predictors of attitudes toward intimate partner violence: A comparative study of men in Zambia and Kenya

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1056-1074

  Lawoko, Stephen ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward violence; Kenya; Men; Predictors; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZAMBIA;

EID: 46749140893     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260507313972     Document Type: Article

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