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Aspects of Help Seeking among Collegiate Victims of Dating Violence

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This study applied Andersen’s model of health service use to help-seeking among collegiate dating violence (DV) victims, and examined factors for help-seeking. A total of 338 students from a Midwest public university were included in the sample. The study results showed many college students experience psychological, physical, sexual and technological violence; substance use is associated with DV; the type of violence experienced is associated with the type of help sources that victims will use; and victims seek help from informal sources more than formal sources. Implications for social work research, practice and policy are discussed.

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Cho, H., Huang, L. Aspects of Help Seeking among Collegiate Victims of Dating Violence. J Fam Viol 32, 409–417 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-016-9813-3

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