The cumulative impact of sexual revictimization on emotion regulation difficulties: An examination of female inmates

Violence Against Women

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1103-1118

  Walsh, Kate ^a   DiLillo, David ^a   Scalora, Mario J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

child sexual abuse; emotion dysregulation; female inmates; sexual revictimization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OFFENDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL CONTROL; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINALS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRISONERS; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 80052810211     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801211414165     Document Type: Article

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