Intimate partner violence among sexual minority populations: A critical review of the literature and agenda for future research

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 112-121

  Edwards, Katie M ^a   Sylaska, Kateryna M ^b   Neal, Angela M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence; intimate partner violence; LGB; review; sexual minority

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926517654     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038656     Document Type: Article

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