Spousal concordance in attitudes toward violence and reported physical abuse in african couples

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2790-2810

  Alio, Amina P ^a   Clayton, Heather B ^a   Garba, Madeleine ^b   Mbah, Alfred K ^a   Daley, Ellen ^a   Salihu, Hamisu M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

Author keywords

attitudes toward violence; domestic violence; intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRIME VICTIMS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961225531     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510390951     Document Type: Article

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