Physical, psychological, and sexual intimate partner aggression among newlywed couples: Longitudinal prediction of marital satisfaction

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 689-699

  Panuzio, Jillian ^a   DiLillo, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Marital satisfaction; Partner abuse; Physical aggression; Psychological aggression; Sexual aggression

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955095162     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-010-9328-2     Document Type: Article

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