An Examination of the Factors Related to Dating Violence Perpetration Among Young Men and Women and Associated Theoretical Explanations: A Review of the Literature

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 136-152

  Dardis, Christina M ^a   Dixon, Kristiana J ^b   Edwards, Katie M ^b   Turchik, Jessica A ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

dating violence; interpersonal violence; perpetration; sex; theory

Indexed keywords

BATTERED WOMAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BATTERED WOMEN; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84924959282     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838013517559     Document Type: Article

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