Community Matters: Intimate Partner Violence Among Rural Young Adults

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 198-207

  Edwards, Katie M ^a   Mattingly, Marybeth J ^a   Dixon, Kristiana J ^a   Banyard, Victoria L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bystander intervention; Collective efficacy; Intimate partner violence; Poverty; Rural; Social disorganization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANOMIE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893934300     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-014-9633-7     Document Type: Article

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