Associations Between Intimate Partner Violence and Emotional Distress Among Pregnant Women in Durban, South Africa

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1341-1356

  Groves, Allison K ^a   Kagee, Ashraf ^b   Maman, Suzanne ^a   Moodley, Dhayendre ^c   Rouse, Petrica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

battered women; domestic violence and cultural contexts; mental health and violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859343798     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260511425247     Document Type: Article

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