To Whom Do College Women Confide Following Sexual Assault? A Prospective Study of Predictors of Sexual Assault Disclosure and Social Reactions

Violence Against Women

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 264-288

  Orchowski, Lindsay M ^a,b   Gidycz, Christine A ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disclosure; sexual assault; social reactions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OFFENDER; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINALS; DISCLOSURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RAPE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861824477     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801212442917     Document Type: Article

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