Revictimized Adult Women: Perceptions of Mental Health Functioning and Associated Services

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 679-688

  Simmel, Cassandra ^a   Postmus, Judy L ^a   Lee, Inseon ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abuse revictimization; Effects of childhood and adulthood abuse; Mental health outcomes; Perceptions of service use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PRISON; SEXUAL ASSAULT;

EID: 84952910751     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-015-9796-5     Document Type: Article

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