The reciprocal relationship between sexual victimization and sexual assertiveness

Violence Against Women

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 298-313

  Livingston, Jennifer A ^a   Testa, Maria ^a   Vanzile Tamsen, Carol ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Revictimization; Sexual assault; Sexual assertiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; BATTERED WOMAN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ASSERTIVENESS; BATTERED WOMEN; CRIME VICTIMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW YORK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33847284929     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801206297339     Document Type: Article

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