Screening for domestic violence in Jordan: Validation of an Arabic version of a domestic violence against women questionnaire

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-86

  Haddad, Linda G ^a   Shotar, Ali ^b   Younger, Janet B ^a   Alzyoud, Sukaina ^c   Bouhaidar, Claudia M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Instrumentation; Jordan; Middle East

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MASS SCREENING; NORVOLD DOMESTIC ABUSE QUESTIONNAIRE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 79952848086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S17135     Document Type: Article

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