Domestic Violence Against Single, Never-Married Women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Violence Against Women

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 422-441

  Assaf, Shireen ^a   Chaban, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Independent Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomy; decision making power; determinants of violence; Palestinian single women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARAB; ARTICLE; AUTONOMY; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DECISION-MAKING POWER; DETERMINANTS OF VIOLENCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINIAN SINGLE WOMEN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; SOCIAL CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT;

AUTONOMY; DECISION-MAKING POWER; DETERMINANTS OF VIOLENCE; PALESTINIAN SINGLE WOMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARABS; COLONIALISM; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REFUGEES; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877735263     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801213486330     Document Type: Article

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