The Complexity of Trauma Types in the Lives of Women in Families Referred for Family Violence: Multiple Mediators of Mental Health

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 394-404

  Banyard, Victoria L ^a   Williams, Linda M ^b   Saunders, Benjamin E ^c   Fitzgerald, Monica M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

child maltreatment; family of origin dysfunction; interpersonal and family violence; women and trauma exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 58249134830     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014314     Document Type: Article

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