Coping among victims of relationship abuse: A longitudinal examination

Violence and Victims

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 408-418

  Taft, Casey T ^a,c   Resick, Patricia A ^b   Panuzio, Jillian ^c   Vogt, Dawne S ^a   Mechanic, Mindy B ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Battered women; Depression; PTSD symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BATTERED WOMAN; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RELATIONSHIP ABUSE; SEXUAL ABUSE; VICTIM;

EID: 34547447338     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/088667007781553946     Document Type: Article

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