Intimate Partner Violence Control Scale: Development and Initial Testing

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 171-184

  Bledsoe, Linda K ^a   Sar, Bibhuti K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief assessment; Intimate partner violence; Scale development; Scale validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952282056     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-010-9351-3     Document Type: Article

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