Rape acknowledgment and postassault experiences: How acknowledgment status relates to disclosure, coping, worldview, and reactions received from others

Violence and Victims

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 761-778

  Littleton, Heather L ^a   Axsom, Danny ^b   Breitkopf, Carmen Radecki ^c   Berenson, Abbey ^c  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Rape; Rape acknowledgment; Scripts; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUSTICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTIM;

EID: 85044080654     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.21.6.761     Document Type: Article

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