Unacknowledged rape: How much do we know about the hidden rape victim?

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 57-74

  Littleton, Heather L ^a   Rhatigan, Deborah L ^b   Axsom, Danny ^c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rape; Recovery; Script theory; Sexual assault; Unacknowledged rape

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL STRESS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VICTIM;

EID: 34548143029     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J146v14n04_04     Document Type: Review

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