Understanding gender and domestic violence from a sample of married women in Urban Thailand

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 791-819

  Xu, Xiaohe ^a   Kerley, Kent R ^b   Sirisunyaluck, Bangon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c MAEJO UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

domestic violence; domestic violence against women; intimate partner abuse; Thailand; wife abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955409389     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X10386306     Document Type: Article

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