Sexual assault and current mental health: The role of help-seeking and police response

Violence Against Women

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1331-1357

  Kaukinen, Catherine ^a   DeMaris, Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Help seeking; Mental health; Police response; Sexual assault victimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLICE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRIME VICTIMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLICE; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350518906     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801209346713     Document Type: Article

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