Violence in juvenile dating relationships self-reported prevalence and attitudes in a portuguese sample

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-52

  Machado, Carla ^a   Caridade, Sónia ^a   Martins, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Dating; Juvenile; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449169524     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-009-9268-x     Document Type: Article

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