Addressing sexual and relationship violence in the LGBT community using a bystander framework

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 201-208

  Potter, Sharyn J ^a   Fountain, Kim ^b   Stapleton, Jane G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual. bystander prevention strategies; College; Gay; Lesbian; Relationship and sexual violence; Transgender

Indexed keywords

BISEXUALITY; COLLEGE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSSEXUALISM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BULLYING; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; SEX OFFENSES; SEXISM; SOCIAL MARKETING; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865312103     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10673229.2012.712838     Document Type: Review

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