Healing or hurtful: Sexual assault survivors' interpretations of social reactions from support providers

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-94

  Ahrens, Courtney E ^a   Cabral, Giannina ^b   Abeling, Samantha ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58849166518     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2008.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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