Gender differences in intimate partner violence outcomes

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-57

  Caldwell, Jennifer E ^a   Swan, Suzanne C ^a   Woodbrown, V Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

feminist theory; gender differences; gender symmetry; Intimate partner violence; power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869837181     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026296     Document Type: Article

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