Controlling behaviours and technology-facilitated abuse perpetrated by men receiving substance use treatment in England and Brazil: Prevalence and risk factors

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 52-63

  Gilchrist, Gail ^a   Canfield, Martha ^a   Radcliffe, Polly ^a   D'Oliveira, Ana Flavia Pires Lucas ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

controlling behaviour; cross sectional study; intimate partner violence; substance use treatment; technology facilitated abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANGER; BRAZIL; CRIME VICTIM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENGLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TECHNOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANGER; BRAZIL; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 85010904529     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12521     Document Type: Article

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