Relational Tools for Working With Mild-to-Moderate Couple Violence: Patterns of Unresolved Conflict and Pathways to Resolution

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-256

  Horwitz, Susan H ^a   Santiago, Lizette ^b   Pearson, Joan ^a   LaRussa Trott, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Hillside Children's Center   (United States)

Author keywords

conflict resolution; domestic violence; emotion deregulation; interventions; intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650645273     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012992     Document Type: Article

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