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Author(s): Harold D. Green, Joan S. Tucker, Suzanne L. Wenzel, Daniela. Golinelli, Kennedy, Annie J. Zhou
Publication Date: 2012
OBJECTIVE: Childhood abuse has been linked to negative sequelae for women later in life including drug and alcohol use and violence as victim or perpetrator and may also affect the development of women's social networks. Childhood abuse is prevalent among at-risk populations of women (such as the homeless) and thus may have a stronger impact on their social networks. We conducted a study to: (a) develop a typology of sheltered homeless women's so...