Understanding How Domestic Violence Support Services Promote Survivor Well-being: A Conceptual Model

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 123-131

  Sullivan, Cris M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptual model; domestic violence agency; Intimate partner violence; theory of change

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; SAFETY; SURVIVOR; VICTIM; WELLBEING;

EID: 85024503997     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-017-9931-6     Document Type: Article

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