Partner violence against heterosexual and gay men: Prevalence and correlates

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-52

  Nowinski, Sabrina N ^a   Bowen, Erica ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Gay male victims; Intimate partner violence; Male victims; Violence against men

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE; CHILD ABUSE; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VICTIM;

EID: 84455208259     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: 18736335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2011.09.005     Document Type: Review

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