The Impact of Child Abuse History, PTSD Symptoms, and Anger Arousal on Dating Violence Perpetration Among College Women

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-175

  Kendra, Rachel ^a   Bell, Kathryn M ^b   Guimond, Jennifer M ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CAPITAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Child abuse; Dating violence; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859590642     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-012-9415-7     Document Type: Article

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