Social Support as a Mediator of Revictimization of Low-Income African American Women

Violence and Victims

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 419-431

  Bender, Marnette ^a   Cook, Sarah ^a   Kaslow, Nadine ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VICTIM;

EID: 0142135436     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.2003.18.4.419     Document Type: Article

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