Disclosure and service use on a college campus after an unwanted sexual experience

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-151

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Disclosure; Sexual assault; Support services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; AWARENESS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STUDENT RELATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SHAME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; SURVIVORS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951185618     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299730903502912     Document Type: Article

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