Learning the harsh realities of life: Sexual violence, disillusionment, and meaning

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 67-84

  Draucker, Claire Burke ^a,b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Henderson Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCEST; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; RELIGION; SAFETY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCEST; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN;

EID: 0035240158     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993301300003081     Document Type: Article

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