Relationship between recent life events, social supports, and attitudes to domestic violence: Predictive roles in behaviors

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 863-876

  Guoping, Huang ^a   Yalin, Zhang ^b   Yuping, Cao ^b   Momartin, Shakeh ^c   Ming, Wei ^a  

^a SHANDONG MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community study; Domestic violence; Life events; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

ADULT; ANGER; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950111882     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260509336959     Document Type: Article

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