Measuring psychological abuse by intimate partners: Constructing a cross-cultural indicator for the Sustainable Development Goals

Psychological abuse within intimate relationships is linked to negative health outcomes among women and is frequently identified as more wounding than physical or sexual violence. There is little agreement, however, on how to conceptualize or measure the phenomenon, despite measurement being necessa...

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Main Authors: Lori Heise, Christina Pallitto, Claudia García-Moreno, Cari Jo Clark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:SSM: Population Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827318302490