Splitting and Emotional Regulation in Partner Violence

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 224-230

  Siegel, Judith P ^a   Forero, Ruth M ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Safe Horizon Counseling Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional regulation; Partner violence in agency settings; Splitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862152519     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: 15733343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-011-0352-3     Document Type: Article

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