Ethnicity and risk for symptoms of posttraumatic stress following intimate partner violence: Prevalence and predictors in european american and african american women

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-19

  Lilly, Michelle M ^a   Graham Bermann, Sandra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Intimate partner violence; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BATTERED WOMEN; CRIME VICTIMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 57049160984     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508314335     Document Type: Article

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