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"I just became like a log of wood … I was paralyzed all over my body": women's lived experiences of tonic immobility following rape

Tonic immobility is considered the last involuntary self-protecting act/mechanism experienced by victims of rape when they are under attack. It is associated with trauma related mental health risks post-rape. Despite this, tonic immobility has not received priority as an area of research on Nigerian...

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Autores principales: Gbahabo, Dooshima Dorothy, Duma, Sinegugu Evidence
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8281371/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34296008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07471