Making sense of intimate partner violence in late life: Comments from online news readers

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 792-801

  Brossoie, Nancy ^a   Roberto, Karen A ^a   Barrow, Katie M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; News media; Participatory journalism; Spousal abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; NEWSPAPERS; PUBLIC OPINION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 84869466105     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns046     Document Type: Article

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