Psychological adjustment and victim-blaming among intimate partner violence offenders: The role of social support and stressful life events

European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-153

  Lila, Marisol ^a   Gracia, Enrique ^a   Murgui, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence offenders; Psychological adjustment; Social support; Stress; Victim blaming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883533262     PISSN: 18891861     EISSN: 19894007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5093/ejpalc2013a4     Document Type: Article

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