Intimate Relationships and Personal Distress: The Invisible Harm of Psychological Aggression

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1332-1344

  Arriaga, Ximena B ^a   Schkeryantz, Emily L ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

intimate relationships; partner aggression; personal distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941784347     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167215594123     Document Type: Article

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