"Sometimes cathartic. Sometimes quite raw": Benefit and harm in an intimate partner violence trial

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 673-685

  Valpied, Jodie ^a   Cini, Abigail ^a   O'Doherty, Lorna ^a,b   Taket, Ann ^c   Hegarty, Kelsey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benefit; Domestic violence; Harm; Intimate partner abuse; Intimate partner violence; Research participation

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84922352972     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: 18736335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2014.09.005     Document Type: Review

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