Acculturation, partner violence, and psychological distress in refugee women from Somalia

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1654-1663

  Nilsson, Johanna E ^a   Brown, Chris ^a   Russell, Emily B ^a   Khamphakdy Brown, Supavan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Domestic violence; Refugee; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SOMALIA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SOMALIA; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 54749102789     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508314310     Document Type: Article

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