Risky Business: An Ecological Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence Disclosure

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 301-312

  Alaggia, Ramona ^a   Regehr, Cheryl ^a   Jenney, Angelique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Child Development Institute Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

disclosure; ecological analysis; grounded theory method; intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859566702     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731511425503     Document Type: Article

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