An interactional perspective on the relationship of immigration to intimate partner violence in a representative sample of help-seeking women

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1815-1835

  Vatnar, Solveig Karin Bø ^a   Bjørkly, Stål ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

ethnicity; immigration; interactional perspective; intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SHAME; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SHAME; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956199002     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260509354511     Document Type: Article

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