Sexual assault victimization and psychopathology: A review and meta-analysis

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 56, Issue , 2017, Pages 65-81

  Dworkin, Emily R ^a   Menon, Suvarna V ^b   Bystrynski, Jonathan ^b   Allen, Nicole E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental disorders; Mental health; Meta regression; Rape; Sexual violence; Trauma

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VICTIM; CRIME VICTIM; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEXUAL CRIME; SUICIDE;

CRIME VICTIMS; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE;

EID: 85021707846     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2017.06.002     Document Type: Review

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