Emotional intimacy mediates the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and intimate partner violence perpetration in OEF/OIF/OND veterans

Violence and Victims

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 790-803

  Kar, Heidi Lary ^a   O'leary, K Daniel ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Couples; Mental health; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMORBIDITY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884965186     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-12-00080     Document Type: Article

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