Intimate partner violence and health-related quality of life in European men and women: findings from the DOVE study

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 463-471

  Costa, Diogo ^a,i   Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni ^b   Ioannidi Kapolou, Elli ^c   Lindert, Jutta ^d,e   Soares, Joaquim ^f   Sundin, Örjan ^g   Toth, Olga ^h   Barros, Henrique ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^d University of Emden   (Germany)

^e BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h Institute for Sociology Centre for Social Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

ⁱ University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Europe; Health related quality of life; Intimate partner violence; Multicenter study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931070338     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-014-0766-9     Document Type: Article

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