Controlling behavior, power relations within intimate relationships and intimate partner physical and sexual violence against women in Nigeria
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- 29 June 2011
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- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 11 (1) , 511
Abstract
Controlling behavior is more common and can be equally or more threatening than physical or sexual violence. This study sought to determine the role of husband/partner controlling behavior and power relations within intimate relationships in the lifetime risk of physical and sexual violence in Nigeria.Keywords
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