Why I hit him: Women's reasons for intimate partner violence

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 672-697

  Caldwell, Jennifer E ^a   Swan, Suzanne C ^a   Allen, Christopher T ^a   Sullivan, Tami P ^b   Snow, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female perpetrators; Intimate partner violence; Motives; Motives and Reasons for Intimate Partner Violence Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEALOUSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SELF CONTROL; SELF DEFENSE; SEXUAL ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77649312798     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926770903231783     Document Type: Article

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