Childhood and adult violence in the lives of women who misuse substances

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 497-513

  Gutierres, Sara E ^a   Van Puymbroeck, Christina ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Estrella Mountain Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult victimization; Childhood victimization; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL CRIME; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VICTIM;

EID: 33746681243     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2006.01.010     Document Type: Review

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