Control of the self: Partner-violent men's experience of therapy

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1338-1362

  Shamai, Michal ^a   Buchbinder, Eli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Batterers; Evaluation; Programs for batterers; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BATTERED WOMEN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 77952894865     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260509340538     Document Type: Article

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