Accounting for the hero: A critical psycho-discursive approach to children's experience of domestic violence and the construction of masculinities

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 189-205

  Dryden, Caroline ^a   Doherty, Kathy ^b   Nicolson, Paula ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASCULINITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 77952767238     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466609X438225     Document Type: Article

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