Attachment, personality and female perpetrators of intimate partner violence

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 556-573

  McKeown, Annette ^a  

^a Woodside Resource Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attachment; female offenders; intimate partner violence; personality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; ATTACHMENT ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTACHMENT AVOIDANCE DISORDER; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BORDERLINE STATE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 85027922899     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: 14789957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2014.943792     Document Type: Article

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