Exploring Mexican-origin intimate partner abuse survivors' help-seeking within their sociocultural contexts

Violence and Victims

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 817-832

  Brabeck, Kalina M ^a   Guzmán, Michele R ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Help seeking; Interpersonal violence; Mexican origin; Sociocultural factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MACHISMO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVOR;

EID: 72449180492     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.24.6.817     Document Type: Article

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