Intimate Partner Violence and Belief Systems in Liberia

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 3514-3531

  Allen, Mary ^a   Devitt, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

gender norms; intimate partner violence; Liberia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIBERIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COERCION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIBERIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868136013     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260512445382     Document Type: Article

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