Childhood victimization and its impact on coping behaviors for victims of intimate partner violence

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 575-585

  Popescu, Marciana L ^a   Drumm, R ^b   Dewan, Smita ^a   Rusu, Corneliu ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood victimization; Coping and help seeking; Current victimization; Faith community; Intimate partner violence; Religious behaviors; Witnessing violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954243666     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-010-9317-5     Document Type: Article

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