"I didn't want to put them through that": The influence of children on victim decision-making in intimate partner violence cases

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 485-493

  Rhodes, Karin V ^a   Cerulli, Catherine ^b   Dichter, Melissa E ^c   Kothari, Catherine L ^d   Barg, Frances K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Michigan State University Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to help seeking; Child exposure; Decision making; Domestic violence; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952426935     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-010-9310-z     Document Type: Article

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