Patterns of Coping with Partner Violence: Experiences of Refugee Women in Jordan

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 403-411

  Al Modallal, Hanan ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Coping; Family support; Jordan; Partner violence; Smoking; Suicide

Indexed keywords

TRANQUILIZER;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; RISK; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REFUGEES; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TRANQUILIZING AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865562999     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2012.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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