Patterns of intimate partner violence and associated risk factors among married enlisted female soldiers

Violence and Victims

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-61

  Forgey, Mary Ann ^a   Badger, Lee ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidirectional violence; Domestic violence; Enlisted females; Intimate partner violence; Military women; Spouse abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SOLDIER; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77049108501     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.25.1.45     Document Type: Article

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