". . . There is No War Here; It is Only the Relationship That Makes Us Scared": Factors Having an Impact on Domestic Violence in Liberian Refugee Communities in South Australia

Violence Against Women

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 807-828

  Zannettino, Lana ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

domestic violence; ecological model; Liberian refugees

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIBERIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CULTURE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LIBERIA; REFUGEES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WOMEN;

EID: 84865966481     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801212455162     Document Type: Article

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