Disclosure of Intimate Partner Violence to Informal Social Support Network Members: A Review of the Literature

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-21

  Sylaska, Kateryna M ^a   Edwards, Katie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

disclosure; help seeking; informal support; partner violence; social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COOPERATION; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMAL SUPPORT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

DISCLOSURE; HELP SEEKING; INFORMAL SUPPORT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 84890536567     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838013496335     Document Type: Article

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