The Association Between Angerand Male Perpetration of Intimate-Partner Violence

Anger, Aggression, and Interventionsfor Interpersonal Violence

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 313-348

  Holtzworth Munroe, Amy ^a   Clements, Kahni ^a  

^a Indiana University   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781003417989-17     Document Type: Chapter

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