Impaired and incapacitated rape victims: Assault characteristics and post-assault experiences

Violence and Victims

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-457

  Littleton, Heather ^a   Grills Taquechel, Amie ^b   Axsom, Danny ^c  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Self blame; Sexual assault; Stigma; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; ASSAULT CHARACTERISTICS QUESTIONNAIRE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; COPING STRATEGIES INVENTORY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ANXIETY SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC COGNITIONS INVENTORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PTSD SYMPTOM SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL REACTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; STIGMA; STIGMA SCALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VICTIM;

EID: 67749122200     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.24.4.439     Document Type: Article

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