Traumatic stress symptoms of women exposed to different forms of childhood victimization and intimate partner violence

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1699-1715

  Becker, Kimberly D ^a   Stuewig, Jeffrey ^b   McCloskey, Laura A ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

child abuse; intimate partner violence; posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955317702     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260509354578     Document Type: Article

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