@article{ref1,
title="Adaptive strategies and recovery from rape",
journal="American journal of psychiatry",
year="1979",
author="Burgess, Ann Wolbert and Holmstrom, L. L.",
volume="136",
number="10",
pages="1278-1282",
abstract="The authors conducted a follow-up study of 81 rape victims to analyze the effect of adaptive or maladaptive response to rape on recovery over a 4-6 year period. They found that victims recovering fastest used more adaptive strategies, including positive self-assessment; defense mechanisms of explanation, minimization, suppression, and dramatization; and increased action. Victims who had not yet recovered had more maladaptive mechanisms, such as negative self-assessments, inaction, substance abuse, and action on suicidal thoughts.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-953X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}