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Internal Barriers to Help Seeking for Middle-Aged and Older Women Who Experience Intimate Partner Violence

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Pages 53-74 | Published online: 08 Sep 2008

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Lori E. Weeks, Colleen Macquarrie, Lorraine Begley, Carmen Gill & Kristal D. Leblanc. (2016) Strengthening resources for midlife and older rural women who experience intimate partner violence. Journal of Women & Aging 28:1, pages 46-57.
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Srinivasan Chokkanathan, Aravindhan Natarajan & Jayashree Mohanty. (2014) Elder Abuse and Barriers to Help Seeking in Chennai, India: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect 26:1, pages 60-79.
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NicoleM. Overstreet & DianeM. Quinn. (2013) The Intimate Partner Violence Stigmatization Model and Barriers to Help Seeking. Basic and Applied Social Psychology 35:1, pages 109-122.
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Lori E. Weeks & Kristal LeBlanc. (2011) An Ecological Synthesis of Research on Older Women's Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence. Journal of Women & Aging 23:4, pages 283-304.
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Christine A. Walsh, Jennifer L. Olson, Jenny Ploeg, Lynne Lohfeld & Harriet L. MacMillan. (2010) Elder Abuse and Oppression: Voices of Marginalized Elders. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect 23:1, pages 17-42.
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Woochan S. Shim & Holly Nelson-Becker. (2009) Korean Older Intimate Partner Violence Survivors in North America: Cultural Considerations and Practice Recommendations. Journal of Women & Aging 21:3, pages 213-228.
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