Intimate Partner Violence and the Relation Between Help-Seeking Behavior and the Severity and Frequency of Physical Violence Among Women in Turkey

Violence Against Women

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1151-1174

  Ergöçmen, Banu Akadli ^a   Yüksel Kaptanoǧlu, Ilknur ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Henriette)   (Fiji)

Author keywords

help seeking; intimate partner violence; severity and frequency of physical violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HELP-SEEKING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEVERITY AND FREQUENCY OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

HELP-SEEKING; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; SEVERITY AND FREQUENCY OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK; SPOUSE ABUSE; TURKEY; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885923520     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801213498474     Document Type: Article

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