The Buffering Effect of Social Support between Domestic Violence and Self-Esteem in Pregnant Women in Tehran, Iran

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 225-231

  Lotf Abadi, Mozhdeh Nasseh ^a   Ghazinour, Mehdi ^a   Nojomi, Marzieh ^b   Richter, Jörg ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Centres of Child and Adolescent Mental Health   (Norway)

Author keywords

High education as protective factor; Number of supporting persons; Pregnancy; Satisfaction with social support; Young mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859614586     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-012-9420-x     Document Type: Article

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