Intimate Partner Violence in Rwanda: The Mental Health of Victims and Perpetrators

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1839-1858

  Verduin, Femke ^a,b   Engelhard, Esther A N ^b   Rutayisire, Theoneste ^a,c   Stronks, Karien ^a   Scholte, Willem F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Equator Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c Episcopal Church of Rwanda Diocese of Byumba ^*  (Rwanda)

Author keywords

intimate partner violence; mental health; perpetrators; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERPETRATORS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RWANDA; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERPETRATORS; RWANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RWANDA; SPOUSE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878133333     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260512469106     Document Type: Article

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