Cross-cultural reliability and validity of the revised Conflict Tactics Scales: A study of university student dating couples in 17 nations

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-432

  Straus, Murray A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Crime; Cross cultural; Injury; Measure; Negotiation; Psychological; Reliability; Sex; Validity; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 8344222802     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397104269543     Document Type: Article

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