"violence is an international language": Tamil women's perceptions of intimate partner violence

Violence Against Women

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1397-1412

  Mason, Robin ^a   Hyman, Ilene ^a   Berman, Helene ^b   Guruge, Sepali ^c   Kanagaratnam, Pushpa ^d   Manuel, Lisa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Family Support Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Intimate partner violence; Psychological abuse; Tamil women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMAN; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; SRI LANKA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMEN; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; SRI LANKA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 56249104423     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208325096     Document Type: Article

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