Differences in psychological health and family dysfunction by sexual victimization type in a clinical sample of African American adolescent women

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-214

  Cecil, Heather ^a   Matson, Steven C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTEMPTED RAPE; COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FAMILY DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RAPE; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL COERCION; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTIM;

EID: 23744451700     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490509552275     Document Type: Article

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