Intimate partner violence attitudes and experience among women and men in Uganda

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1224-1241

  Speizer, Ilene S ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Uganda; Violence norms; Violence perpetration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BATTERED WOMAN; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UGANDA; VICTIM; CRIME VICTIM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BATTERED WOMEN; CRIME VICTIMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSE ABUSE; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952899114     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260509340550     Document Type: Article

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