Short-Term Psychological Adjustment of Female Prison Inmates on a Minimum Security Unit

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-243

  Islam Zwart, Kayleen A ^a   Vik, Peter W ^b   Rawlins, Karen S ^a  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34250883290     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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