Exploring the feasibility of email-mediated interaction in survivors of abuse

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 291-301

  Constantino, R ^a   Crane, P A ^b   Noll, B S ^a   Doswell, W M ^a   Braxter, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Email; Feasibility; Interaction; Phenomenology; Translation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COUNSELING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; E-MAIL; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PILOT PROJECTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 34147175053     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2007.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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