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The effects of marital status and partner support on rape trauma
1Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg, Pa.
The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
|July 1, 1990
Abstract:
Psychological functioning within the first four weeks after rape was compared for married and single victims. Marital status did not significantly affect psychological symptoms following the assault. For married women, lack of support by the partner--particularly when it was unexpected--was significantly related to poor psychological functioning after the rape.