“He Could Scare Me Without Laying a Hand on Me”: Mothers’ Experiences of Nonviolent Coercive Control During Marriage and After Separation

Violence Against Women

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 454-473

  Crossman, Kimberly A ^a   Hardesty, Jennifer L ^b   Raffaelli, Marcela ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

coercive control; divorce; intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; SCREENING; VIOLENCE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; BATTERED WOMAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; COERCION; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MARRIAGE; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958762620     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801215604744     Document Type: Article

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