TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Battered spouse as a social concern in work with families in two semi-rural communities of Nigeria
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Kalu, W. J.
SP  - 361
EP  - 373
VL  - 8
IS  - 4
N2  - The paper examines social work case records of two semi-rural communities within a 2- or 3-year period to identify the existence of the battered spouse phenomenon in a Nigerian community environment. Social work offices are the most unlikely places for individuals to discuss intimate details of life problems, especially family violence which generates shame and the tendency to cover up the problem. It is interesting to observe that because the Nigerian society utilizes physical aggression freely to settle issues in interpersonal relationships, there are both husbands and wives who are battered seriously enough to seek outside intervention.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00978099
ID  - ref1
ER  -