Are the predictors of sexual violence the same as those of nonsexual violence? A gender analysis

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2215-2223

  Mohammadkhani, Parvaneh ^a   Forouzan, Ameneh Setareh ^a   Khooshabi, Katayoon S ^a   Assari, Shervin ^b   Lankarani, Maryam Moghani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Medicine and Health Promotion Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Domestic Violence; Marital Violence; Physical Assault; Psychological Aggression; Sexual Coercion; Sexual Violence; Spouse Abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT TACTIC SCALE REVISED; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOCIALIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 68349125437     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01338.x     Document Type: Article

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