Lesbian/bisexual mothers and intimate partner violence: Help seeking in the context of social and legal vulnerability

Violence Against Women

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-46

  Hardesty, Jennifer L ^a   Oswald, Ramona F ^a   Khaw, Lyndal ^a   Fonseca, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

help seeking; intimate partner violence; lesbian bisexual; mothers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; LESBIAN; MOTHER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLICE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLICE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650795770     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801209347636     Document Type: Article

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