Views of intimate partner violence in same- and opposite-sex relationships

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 337-352

  Sorenson, Susan B ^a,b   Thomas, Kristie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Experimental methods; Gay lesbian bisexual transgender; Intimate partner marital abuse; Survey research; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249157883     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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