Intimate partner violence in couples seeking relationship education for the transition to parenthood

Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-168

  Halford, W Kim ^a   Petch, Jemima ^a   Creedy, Debra K ^b   Gamble, Jenny ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Couple and relationship education; Intimate partner violence; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957472358     PISSN: 15332691     EISSN: 15332683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332691.2011.562835     Document Type: Article

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