Impact of gender on reactions to military sexual assault and harassment

Health and Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-33

  Bell, Margret E ^a   Turchik, Jessica A ^b   Karpenko, Julie A ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

military; sexual assault; sexual harassment; trauma; veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL WORK; SOLDIER; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH;

CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SEX FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL WORK; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84896798484     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: 15456854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/hlu004     Document Type: Article

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