Perceptions of factors contributing to intimate partner violence among Sri Lankan Tamil immigrant women in Canada

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 779-794

  Hyman, Ilene ^a   Mason, Robin ^b   Guruge, Sepali ^c   Berman, Helene ^d   Kanagaratnam, Pushpa ^a   Manuel, Lisa ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e Family Service Association of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; SRI LANKA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; SRI LANKA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80051657719     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2011.569220     Document Type: Article

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