Childhood Trauma, Attachment, and Abuse by Multiple Partners

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-88

  Alexander, Pamela C ^a  

^a Wellesley Centers for Women   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; battered women; intimate partner violence; multiple victimization; revictimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049113664     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015254     Document Type: Article

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