Factors that affect women's attitudes toward domestic violence in Turkey

Violence and Victims

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-277

  Marshall, Gul Aldikacti ^a   Furr, L Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Turkey; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; BATTERED WOMEN; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; TURKEY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951634872     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.25.2.265     Document Type: Article

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