Friends of survivors: The community impact of unwanted sexual experiences

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 242-256

  Banyard, Victoria L ^a   Moynihan, Mary M ^b   Walsh, Wendy A ^b   Cohn, Ellen S ^a   Ward, Sally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Informal helpers; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFUSION; CRIME VICTIMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PEER GROUP; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 72549087192     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260509334407     Document Type: Article

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