Testing the cycle of violence hypothesis: Child abuse and adolescent dating violence as predictors of intimate partner violence in young adulthood

Youth and Society

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-192

  Gömez, Anu Manchikanti ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

child abuse; dating violence; intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951571723     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X09358313     Document Type: Article

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