Help-seeking behaviors and reasons for help seeking reported by a representative sample of women victims of intimate partner violence in New Zealand

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 929-951

  Fanslow, Janet L ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Help seeking; New Zealand; Service use; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMEN; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950137531     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260509336963     Document Type: Article

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