Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression in Men and Women Who Perpetrate Intimate Partner Violence

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2019, Pages 2181-2198

  Breet, Elsie ^a   Seedat, Soraya ^a   Kagee, Ashraf ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

dating violence; domestic violence; mental health and violence; PTSD; sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85064011237     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260516660297     Document Type: Article

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