The role of sexual orientation in the victimization and recovery of sexual assault survivors

Violence and Victims

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 636-648

  Sigurvinsdottir, Rannveig ^a   Ullman, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Recovery; sexual assault; Sexual orientation; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CRIME VICTIM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BISEXUALITY; CRIME VICTIMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937714836     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-13-00066     Document Type: Article

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