Sexual violence by occupational forces during and after World War II: Influence of experiencing and witnessing of sexual violence on current mental health in a sample of elderly Austrians

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1354-1358

  Lueger Schuster, Brigitte ^a   Glück, Tobias M ^a   Tran, Ulrich S ^a   Zeilinger, Elisabeth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

psychopathology; PTSD; sexual assault; war childhood; war trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RAPE; SEXUAL CRIME; WAR; WITNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 84862283736     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161021200021X     Document Type: Article

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