Self-reported history of sexual coercion and rape negatively impacts resilience to suicide among women students

Death Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 848-855

  Segal, Daniel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL CRIME; STUDENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COERCION; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RAPE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX OFFENSES; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 70349785592     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180903142720     Document Type: Article

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