Rape Aggression Defense Course: Physical, Psychological, and Interpersonal Benefits Among Women With and Without Interpersonal Victimization Histories

Women’s self-defense training increases self-efficacy and reduces subsequent assaults, but self-defense training’s effects on women’s psychological and interpersonal functioning are understudied, particularly for women with histories of interpersonal victimization. This study examined the effects of...

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Main Author: Holmes, Hannah J. (Author)
Contributors: Sala-Hamrick, Kelsey J. ; Pegram, Sheri E. ; Evans, Eleshia K. ; Wilton-Martindale, Jaclyn ; Lumley, Mark A.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Journal of interpersonal violence
Year: 2021, Volume: 36, Issue: 19/20, Pages: NP10411-NP10432
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