Asian male domestic violence victims: Services exclusive for men

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 447-462

  Cheung, Monit ^a   Leung, Patrick ^a   Tsui, Venus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abused men; Asian men; Australia; Canada; Help seeking behavior; Hong Kong; Internet services; Losing face; Male abuse victims; Masculine identity; New Zealand; Singapore; Spouse abuse; United Kingdom; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350020480     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-009-9240-9     Document Type: Article

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