Understanding high-stakes decision making: Constructing a model of the decision to seek shelter from intimate partner violence

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-327

  Stork, Elizabeth ^a  

^a ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abused women; Decision making; Decision model; Domestic violence; Feminist therapy; IPV; Shelter seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449106368     PISSN: 08952833     EISSN: 15404099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08952830802382128     Document Type: Article

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