Perceived Control and Distress Following Sexual Assault: A Longitudinal Test of a New Model

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1257-1269

  Frazier, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; RAPE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0141865527     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.84.6.1257     Document Type: Article

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