Ambivalent Sexism, Alcohol Use, and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 183-210

  Renzetti, Claire M ^a   Lynch, Kellie R ^a   DeWall, C Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; ambivalent sexism; hostile sexism; intimate partner violence; multiple threshold model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CRIME VICTIM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXISM; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEXISM; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 85038258538     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260515604412     Document Type: Article

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