Social attitudes toward traumatized men and women: A vignette study

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-111

  Mendelsohn, Michaela ^a,c   Sewell, Kenneth W ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c Victims of Violence Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Posttraumatic stress; Sex role orientation; Trauma; Victims

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3442880436     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOTS.0000022616.03662.2f     Document Type: Article

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