Gay male sexual assault survivors: The relations among internalized homophobia, experiential avoidance, and psychological symptom severity

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 549-562

  Gold, Sari D ^a   Marx, Brian P ^a   Lexington, Jennifer M ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Experiential avoidance; Gay; Internalized homophobia; Posttraumatic stress; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL CRIME; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRIME VICTIMS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33846359746     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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