College women's stay/leave decisions in abusive dating relationships: A prospective analysis of an expanded investment model

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1446-1462

  Edwards, Katie M ^a   Gidycz, Christine A ^a   Murphy, Megan J ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

abusive relationships; college women; investment model; relationship stability; stay leave decisions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY;

BATTERED WOMEN; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79953805077     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510369131     Document Type: Article

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