Women's "justification" of domestic violence in Egypt

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1125-1140

  Yount, Kathryn M ^a   Li, Li ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Domestic violence; Family conflict; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149113325     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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