The sample included 656 women who reported assaults by single offenders who were intimates (husbands, former husbands, or others) and 265 women who reported assaults by single offenders who were strangers. Self-protective measures included physical and verbal/passive behavior. Results revealed that female victims of assaults perpetrated by intimates were nearly twice as likely to sustain injury if they used either physical or verbal self-protective behavior. However, the only significant predictor of injury sustained by female victims of assaults perpetrated by strangers was the presence of a weapon. Self-protective behavior did not predict the extent to which victims of either intimate-perpetrated or stranger-perpetrated assaults received medical treatment for their injuries. Tables and 18 references (Author abstract modified)