Collegiate sororities and dating violence: An exploratory study of informal and formal helping strategies

Violence Against Women

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-100

  Anderson, Kim M ^a   Danis, Fran S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

College women; Dating violence; Sororities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COOPERATION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FRIENDS; GUIDELINES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; ORGANIZATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNIVERSITIES; VIOLENCE; WOMEN;

EID: 33845520878     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801206294808     Document Type: Article

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