The mothering of women abused by their partner: An outcome evaluation of a group intervention

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 391-402

  Peled, Einat ^a   Davidson Arad, Bilha ^a   Perel, Guy ^b,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Center for the Treatment and Prevention of Family Violence WIZO   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abused women; Domestic violence; Group intervention; Mothering experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953832038     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731510362225     Document Type: Article

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