U.S. reserve soldiers' combat exposure and intimate partner violence: Not more common but it is more violent

Stress and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 617-623

  Heavey, Sarah Cercone ^a   Homish, D Lynn ^a   Goodell, Erin Anderson ^c   Homish, Gregory G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

child family; mental health; physical morbidity; posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARMY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUSBAND; MALE; MARRIAGE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SPOUSE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOLDIER; WAR EXPOSURE; WIFE; WORK EXPERIENCE; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85013626491     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2748     Document Type: Article

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