Men's Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Pakistan

Violence Against Women

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 246-268

  Zakar, Rubeena ^a   Zakar, Muhammad Zakria ^a   Kraemer, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

intimate partner violence; men's beliefs; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PHILOSOPHY; ROLE PLAYING; SEXISM; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PERCEPTION; PHILOSOPHY; RATIONALIZATION; ROLE; SEXISM; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; WOMEN;

EID: 84875114602     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801213478028     Document Type: Article

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