Internalized Sexual Minority Stressors and Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 501-509

  Carvalho, Amana F ^a,c   Lewis, Robin J ^b   Derlega, Valerian J ^b   Winstead, Barbara A ^b   Viggiano, Claudia ^a,d  

^a VA Consortium Prog Clin Psychol   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d Trenton Psychiatric Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay; Intimate partner violence; Lesbian; Minority stress; Same sex; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053332219     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-011-9384-2     Document Type: Article

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