Talking about interpersonal violence: Cultural Influences on Latinas' identification and disclosure of sexual assault and intimate partner violence

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 284-295

  Ahrens, Courtney E ^a   Rios Mandel, Laura Carolina ^b   Isas, Libier ^c   Del Carmen Lopez, Maria ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; disclosure; intimate partner violence; Latino; sexual assault

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651312163     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018605     Document Type: Article

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