External barriers to help-seeking encountered by canadian gay and lesbian victims of intimate partner abuse: An application of the Barriers Model

Violence and Victims

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 536-552

  Pierre, Melissa St ^a   Senn, Charlene Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility of formal services; Availability of formal services; Gay and lesbian intimate partner abuse; Outness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CONTROL; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954557768     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.25.4.536     Document Type: Article

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