Accounting for intimate partner violence perpetration. A cross-cultural comparison of English and Brazilian male substance users' explanations

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 64-71

  Radcliffe, Polly ^a   d'Oliveira, Ana Flávia Pires Lucas ^b   Lea, Susan ^c   dos Santos Figueiredo, Wagner ^d   Gilchrist, Gail ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

account; gender; intimate partner violence; perpetration; substance use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAZIL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DRUG USERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84992458095     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12450     Document Type: Article

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