Wives' attitudes toward gender roles and their experience of intimate partner violence by husbands in Central Province, Sri Lanka

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 414-432

  Jayatilleke, Achini ^a   Poudel, Krishna C ^a   Sakisaka, Kayako ^a   Yasuoka, Junko ^a   Jayatilleke, Achala Upendra ^b   Jimba, Masamine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

attitudes; gender role; intimate partner violence; Sri Lanka; women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE; SRI LANKA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751493548     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510363420     Document Type: Article

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