Subtyping male perpetrators of intimate partner violence

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 607-639

  Fowler, Katherine A ^a   Westen, Drew ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; domestic violence; intimate violence; personality; Q factor analysis; subtyping; SWAP II

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLASSIFICATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952266041     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510365853     Document Type: Article

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