Public responses to intimate partner violence: Comparing preferences of Chinese and American college students

Violence and Victims

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 303-323

  Wu, Yuning ^a   Button, Deeanna M ^b   Smolter, Nicole ^c   Poteyeva, Margarita ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Formal intervention; Intimate partner violence; Public perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894085604     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-12-00001     Document Type: Article

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