Everyday sexism and posttraumatic stress disorder in women: A correlational study

Violence Against Women

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 970-988

  Berg, Susan H ^a,b  

^a North Shore Counseling Associates   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Everyday sexism; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PREJUDICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33748494644     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801206293082     Document Type: Article

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